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In the market for a fixer-upper palace? A small town in the eastern German state of Brandenburg is selling a three-story palace with more than 100 rooms for just over a dollar. But there's a catch ...
Generations of Germans believe Frederick the Great brought the beloved potato to Germany. But the legend, which includes ...
The wreck of a German steamship sunk at the end of World War II found by divers, with the crates on board the submerged ...
Berliners Split on Future of East German Palace A fierce argument is taking place in Berlin about a building that represents a difficult part of the city's history. In a few weeks, the old East ...
The German government and the eastern states of Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia have approved €400m in funding for the restoration and renovation of castles and palaces through to 2027, with half of ...
The jewels are part of the collection of the royal House of Saxony, and the German press is calling their disappearance the biggest theft since World War II.
BERLIN — In the dear dead days of the East German Republic, the more ironic socialist burghers called the Palast der Republik “Palazzo Prozzo,” an Italian pun that meant Pretentious Palace ...
The Saski Palace, also known as the Saxon Palace, was one of Poland's most distinctive buildings prior to World War Two. It was destroyed by Nazi bombing in 1944.
The clasped hands of French and German leaders have long embodied the spirit of European unity. Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz are now setting the Franco-German engine humming again.