Gendarmenmarkt

The harmonious square was named after the gens d’armes, a Prussian army regiment of French Huguenots. Designed in the late 1600s, it includes two symmetrical cathedrals, one French and the other German, and the majestic Concert House (Konzerthaus). In the middle of the square stands a monument to Germany’s most acclaimed poet of all time, Friedrich Schiller.