French Cathedral, which is also called the French Church of Friedrichstadt, is a reformed Church and is located on the Gendarmenmarkt square in Berlin. This is one of the key attractions of the capital, built thanks to the efforts of Liu Kiara and Abraham Chesney.

This construction is called a Cathedral, despite the fact that there is never placed an Episcopal see. The history of the French Church began in the eighteenth century when Huguenots accounted for nearly a fourth part of the inhabitants of Berlin. In the period from 1701 through 1705 years saw the construction of this majestic building, a model for which you got the image destroyed by the time the Church of Charenton-Saint-Maurice in France.

In 1785, Carl von Gontard added the domed Church building a tower, similar to the one that was from a German Cathedral. This was done in order to give the symmetrical features of the Gendarmenmarkt square, but due to this architectural addition French Church called the Cathedral.

In 1817, the congregation of this Church joined the Prussian evangelists than kept their affiliation to Calvinism. In 1905 there had been some changes in the interior of the French Cathedral, the strictness of the old style gave way to more decorative and soft features.

During the Second world war the Church suffered greatly from the devastation for its reconstruction was undertaken in the period 1977-1988. After full recovery of the French Cathedral in it regularly the meeting of the members of the German Evangelical Church. In the domed tower is an observation platform, from where you can appreciate the splendor of the panoramic view of the city of Berlin. The building currently houses a Museum of the Huguenots, and a restaurant.