Berlin opens ambitious cultural forum in palace replica
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Associated Press
New Berlin
PUBLISHED 4:31 AM ET Jul. 20, 2021
PUBLISHED July 20, 2021 @4:31 AM
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BERLIN (AP) — One of Germany's most ambitious cultural projects, which will feature collections of African, Asian and other non-European art in a partial replica of a Prussian palace that was demolished by East Germany's communist government after World War II, is opening to the public on Tuesday.
The Humboldt Forum — located in the heart of Berlin, next to the neoclassical Museum Island complex — was designed by Italian architect Franco Stella and features three replica facades, one modern one and a modern interior. It cost 680 million euros ($802 million).