The 10 greatest works of art ever. 1  From mysterious 30,000-year-old cave paintings to a 'cathedral of the mind' by Jackson Pollock, art critic Jonathan Jones names his favourite artworks of all time â and where in the world you can see them. What would make your top 10? â¢ The 10 weirdest artworks ever. â¢ The 10 sexiest artworks ever.
Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), starting on 13 August 1961, the wall completely cut off (by land) West Berlin from surrounding East Germany and from East Berlin until it was opened in November 1989.fter several weeks of civil unrest, the East German government announced on 9 November 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin. Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere.
The Berlin Wall was built after the Allies won WWII. As part of the peace treaty, Germany was divided into East and West, with East Germany under the auspices of the USSR and â¦ West Germany being overseen by the UK and US.he main reason for building the Berlin Wall was to prevent a brain drain from East Germany to West Germany. From 1945 until the building of the wall, approximately 3.5 million people escaped into West Germany (including many Poles and Czechs.