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Unter den Linden (''Under the Lindens'' – named for its Linden or lime trees which line the grassed pedestrian mall between the two carriageways) is one of Berlin 's splendid boulevards. Road traffic runs on either side as in the shorter, wider, much more recent Mall in Washington, DC . A boulevard of linden trees was planted from 1647 extending from the electoral palace to the gates of the city by Friedrich Wilhelm , "The Great Elector", who wanted to ride from his castle to his hunting park the Tiergarten with more appropriately Baroque splendor. This stretch became the best known and grandest street in Berlin. The section west of the Brandenburg Gate , going through the Tiergarten Park, is called now Straße Des 17. Juni , having previously been called Charlottenburger Straße. The rich history of the Prussia n era is reflected in the buildings, which include
Right at the Kommandantur the street ends. The Schloßbrücke (castle-bridge) over the Spree river leads to Lustgarten, where the Berliner Dom (Cathedral) is and the old Prussian castle was situated. SEE ALSO
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