print ▁with ▁sem ic irc ular ▁a ps es . ▁The ▁interior ▁was ▁character ised ▁by ▁a ▁typical ▁Protest ant ▁combined ▁alt ar ▁and ▁pul pit ▁lean ing ▁against ▁the ▁eastern ▁central ▁pill ar ▁opposite ▁to ▁the ▁entrance . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 8 0 ▁Carl ▁von ▁G ont ard ▁designed ▁and ▁started ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁a ▁tower , ▁e aster ly ▁adjacent ▁to ▁the ▁actual ▁prayer ▁hall . ▁His ▁design ▁of ▁the ▁dom ed ▁to wers , ▁a ▁second ▁one ▁being ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁French ▁Church , ▁followed ▁the ▁P all ad ian ▁tradition ▁and ▁received ▁the ▁shape ▁of ▁the ▁Paris ian ▁Church ▁of ▁Sainte - G ene vi ève ▁( now ▁the ▁Pan th éon ), ▁then ▁still ▁under ▁construction ▁by ▁Jacques - G erm ain ▁Sou ff lot . ▁The ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁dom ed ▁to wers ▁aim ed ▁at ▁making ▁the ▁G endar men markt ▁res emble ▁the ▁Pia zza ▁del ▁Pop olo ▁in ▁Rome . ▁Still ▁under ▁construction ▁the ▁tower ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Church ▁col lapsed . ▁Thus ▁Georg ▁Christian ▁Un ger ▁was ▁commission ed ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁G ont ard ' s ▁plan . ▁ ▁Christian ▁Bern hard ▁R ode ▁created ▁the ▁stat ues , ▁representing ▁characters ▁from ▁the ▁Old ▁and ▁New ▁C oven ant , ▁which ▁are ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁tower . ▁The ▁d ome ▁was ▁to pped ▁by ▁a ▁statue ▁symbol ising ▁the ▁vict orious ▁virtue ▁( now ▁a ▁post - war ▁rep lica ). ▁The ▁g able ▁relief ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁Con