Berolina is the female personification of Berlin and the allegorical female figure symbolizing the city. One of the best-known portraits of Berolina is the statue that once stood in Alexanderplatz.
Berolina statue in Alexanderplatz, c. 1900
First Berolina statue in Belle-Alliance-Platz, 1871
Berolina in 1937, on the right Alexanderplatz station
Berolina in Potsdamer Platz, 1889
Alexanderplatz is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from Mollstraße in the north-east to Spandauer Straße and the Rotes Rathaus in the south-west.
Panoramic view of Alexanderplatz in 2015
Alexanderplatz in 1912
Tram passing the World Clock
Alexanderplatz in 2013