I took this video in Berlin on the top of a really high monument. It's really peaceful to me for some reason. I just like all the curves and movement.
It's taken from the top of this:
It's the Berlin Victory Column or the Siegessäule. It was designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 (the same time as the end of the American Civil War) to commemorate thePrussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War, by the time it was inaugurated on September 2nd 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. (That's a lot of wars) 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.
This mural on the inside is very stoic.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
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