The Berlin wall was built by the German Democratic Republic in 1961 and stayed up till 1989. Germany was split into two parts, East and West. East was closing its borders to the rest of the world and they used the wall to do this. The wall was replaced over the years to ensure no one could escape into West Germany. The wall was made out of concrete slabs.
In this picture I was on the border of both former East and West Germany. :)
In East Germany they had different traffic symbols and in order to remind the German people of their history they still have them up and working on the streets of Berlin.
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