Berlin once boasted dozens of beautiful villas - large, no-expense-spared homes built for the rich in some of the city's most desirable areas.Unfortunately, many were destroyed by war-time bombing, and within the city centre itself such buildings are comparitively rare.A taste of such opulent living can still be experienced in and around Charlottenburg's Schloßstrasse, however.This wide, leafy boulevard was once entirely lined with lavish apartment blocks and individual homes, and still retains something of its late 19th century grandeur.Important renovated villas are located at numbers 65 and 66, while the oldest, and arguably most beautiful, is at number 67 (above).Completed in 1873 in neo-classical style, its small front garden is a highly unusual feature in Berlin, although one shared by several other of the street's residences.