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    Posted November 6, 2009 by
    iReporter777 |
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    Berlin, Germany
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    Fall of the Berlin Wall

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    Visiting the East Side Gallery in Berlin

    By iReporter777  |  Posted November 6, 2009  |  Berlin, Germany
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     iReporter777 told me, 'I've always been fascinated in seeing remnants of the Berlin Wall. It was exciting to see parts of the Berlin Wall in three different places. But it was the East Side Gallery that captured my interest most.'
    - hhanks, CNN iReport producer

    According to historical reports, the East Side Gallery in Berlin was created in 1990 to mark the collapse of the Berlin Wall in November 1989.

     

    The gallery, which covers the length of 105 sq. meters, features the 105 artworks made by an international group of visual artists who expressed their reaction to the Nov. 9, 2009 historical event through wall art.

     

    In recent years, though, these artworks got "tainted" by all sorts of graffiti and vandalism, aggravated by extreme exposure to Berlin's nasty weather conditions

     

    A 2009 initiative called for the much-needed restoration of the East Side Gallery, in line with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

     

    (Photos taken in March 2009, during a trip to Berlin, Germany.)

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