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Berlin - in my eyes (3)

Berlin - in my eyes (3)

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Adele D. Oliver

Adele D. Oliver


Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

Berlin - in my eyes (3)

Die Siegessaeule or Victory Column
Work on the column began in 1864. It was designed by Heinrich Strack and intended to celebrate Prussia’s victory in the Second Schleswig War against Denmark. By the time the column was finished in 1873, Prussia was celebrating victories in the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War. The Wars of German Unification, as these three wars are known in Germany today, were originally commemorated by a column of three segments topped with a bronze sculpture.
The Victory Column first stood on Königsplatz square (today Platz der Republik, in front of the Reichstag Parliament building). In 1938–39, under Hitler’s plans to transform Berlin into his world capital Germania, the column was moved just over 1.5 km to the west to its present location. At the same time, a fourth section was added, raising the column to a height of 67 metres. The Victory Column survived the Second World War and is now a Heritage Site.

Victory Column
Victory Column
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Sections Subjects: Architecture Travel: Mitte
Folders Germany
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Camera Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
Lens 4.3 - 215.0 mm
Aperture 5
Exposure time 1/320
Focus length 15.2 mm
ISO 200

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