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Architecture Wallpapers > Monuments > Berlin Victory Column

Berlin Victory Column

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Posted by Puppydawg on 11/07/13 at 02:44 AM

Fantastic Monument, and Thanks to "MatteMax" for the details on it!

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Posted by MatteMax on 08/29/13 at 07:16 AM

my home town where I live.

The Victory Column is a monument in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870â€“71), giving the statue a new purpose. Different from the original plans, these later victories in the so-called unification wars inspired the addition of the bronze sculpture of Victoria, 8.3 metres high and weighing 35 tonnes, designed by Friedrich Drake. Berliners, with their fondness for giving nicknames to buildings, call the statue Goldelse, meaning something like "Golden Lizzy"

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