Milestone of no Wall

THE Berlin Wall, the symbol of a divided Germany and a post-war world divided between a western bloc and an eastern bloc, has now been down as long as it was up.

The Berlin Wall stood for exactly 28 years, two months and 26 days.

Monday marks the day that it has been down for exactly the same amount of time.

Communist East Germany started erecting the wall on August 13, 1961.

It was breached on November 9, 1989, paving the way for the reunification of Germany on October 3, 1990.