Reichstag

The Reichstag building is located in the district of Tiergarten, the Mitte district. It was the seat of the Reichstag at the time of the German Empire (1871-1918) and later the parliament of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). Since 1994 there meets every five years the Federal Convention (Bundesversammlung) to elect the president of Germany (Bundespräsident) and since 1999 is the meeting place of the German parliament (Bundestag).

The building, designed by Paul Wallot, was completed in 1894 following a neo-Renaissance style. At the end of World War II was the scene of heavy fighting and was badly damaged. The aspect that has now acquired it during construction work in the 90 responsibility of the British architect Sir Norman Foster.