Victory Column (Siegessaule), Berlin, Germany
The Victory Column (Siegessaule) in Berlin, Germany, designed in the 1860s to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War. By the time it was inaugurated in 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71). The winged bronze sculpture at the top is of the allegorical figure, Victoria
Picture No
10419086
Media ID
46533855
Size
2303px x 3071px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Hubertus Kanus
Source
Photograph by Hubertus Kanus
Date
early 21st century
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