ORLANDO399 Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2007 08:27PM
close but no cigar
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2007 08:55PM
a video game
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2007 09:09PM
Alexandria
ORLANDO399 Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2007 09:34PM
Keep on guessing fossil,it's easier than you think
Anonymous Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2007 11:26PM
It's the "Friedensengel" in Munich!
fossil_digger Report This Comment Date: September 17, 2007 11:35PM
that has a square base and the column is different, but i had to check.
ORLANDO399 Report This Comment Date: September 18, 2007 04:36AM
I can't believe nobody has gotten this yet.anwser tommorow morning
ORLANDO399 Report This Comment Date: September 18, 2007 04:47AM
Hint....one of the most famous european cities in the world
Thanatos Report This Comment Date: September 18, 2007 05:10AM
Berlin Victory column
The Victory Column (German: Siegessäule) is a famous sight of Berlin. 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 (1870/1871), 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 meters high and
weighing 35 tonnes, designed by Friedrich Drake. Berliners, with their fondness
for giving nicknames to famous buildings, call the statue Goldelse, meaning
something like "golden Lizzy".
Anchored on a solid fundament of polished red granite, the column sits on a hall
of pillars with a glass mosaic designed by Anton von Werner.
The column itself consists of four solid blocks of sandstone, three of which are
decorated by cannon pipes captured from the enemies of the aforementioned three
wars. The fourth ring is decorated with golden garlands and was added in 1938/39
when the column was moved to its present location.
The foundation is decorated with four bronze reliefs showing the three wars and
the victorious marching of the troops into Berlin. They were created by four
Berlin sculptors:
Moritz Schulz (1825–1904)
Karl Keil (1838–1889)
Alexander Calandrelli (1834-1903)
and Albert Wolff (1814–1892)
The relief decoration had to be removed on request of the French allied forces
in 1945, probably to prevent Germans from being reminded of former victories in
war, especially the defeat of the French in 1871. It was restored for the 750
years anniversary of Berlin in 1987 by the French president at that time,
François Mitterrand.
Surrounded by a street circle with heavy car traffic, pedestrians can reach the
column through four tunnels, built in 1941 to plans by Albert Speer. Via a steep
spiral staircase of 285 steps, the physically fit may climb up almost to the top
of the pillar, to right underneath the statue, for a small fee and a spectacular
view over the Tiergarten.
Even many Berliners do not know that originally the column was erected with a
height of merely 50.66 meters opposite the Reichstag building. It originally
stood in Königsplatz (now Platz der Republik). In preparation of executing the
monumental plans to redesign Berlin into Welthauptstadt Germania, in 1939, the
Nazis relocated the pillar to its present location at the Großer Stern (Great
Star), a large intersection on the visual city axis that leads from the former
Berliner Stadtschloss (Berlin City Palace) through the Brandenburg Gate to the
western parts of Berlin. At the same time, the pillar was augmented by another
7.5 meters, giving it its present height of 66.89 meters. The monument survived
World War II without much damage. The relocation of the monument probably saved
it from destruction, as its old site in front of the Reichstag was destroyed in
the war.
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ORLANDO399 Report This Comment Date: September 18, 2007 05:23AM
trying to rain on my parade huh?Party pooper
Thanatos Report This Comment Date: September 18, 2007 05:28AM
just like to feel like a know it all...lol
now if I just knew those six numbers plus the powerball.
paramax911 Report This Comment Date: September 27, 2007 01:23PM
London, Trafalgar Square
