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Siegessäule (Victory Column), Berlin

Tuesday, 15th November 2005 by Alex

Update: I’m a numpty. After 556 unique entries, I finally managed to post a sight which James had already posted. I guess it had to happen sooner or later…

This is Berlin’s Siegessäule, or in English ‘The Victory Column’. The column was built to celebrate the military successes of Prussia over Denmark, and was originally positioned in front of the Reichstag. Hitler decided to move the column in 1938, and added 7.5 metres to its height while he was at it, bringing the column’s total height to an impressive 66.89 metres (although the bronze statue of Victoria on top is 8.3 metres alone!) There’s a good ground level shot here which gives you a great impression of scale, and the Wikipedia page has a more detailed history.

The column is featured in Wim Wenders’ film Wings of Desire… Never heard of it? It’s the movie they re-made into City of Angels.

Thanks to Markus, Joe Kay, Cindywho, Dominik Freitag Sven Walther, Valentin, Mark Tennant, Martin, Lars, Markus and Ananya Gupta.

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7 Responses to 'Siegessäule (Victory Column), Berlin'

  1. 1. David Patrick says: November 15th, 2005 at 4:55 pm

    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

    Looks like parts of Berlin are still on the drawing board. that is the largest paperclip i have ever seen!

  2. 2. Nigerachie says: November 15th, 2005 at 5:20 pm

    I thought that you guys already had a post to the victory column

  3. 3. Alex says: November 15th, 2005 at 5:22 pm

    Bugger it. Nigerachie you’re absolutely right, this is our first duplicate post. I’ll remove it :-(

  4. 4. James says: November 15th, 2005 at 7:05 pm

    Dupe!

    http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/10/berlin-victory-column/

  5. 5. Nigerachie says: November 16th, 2005 at 12:56 am

    Yes… what do i win

  6. 6. Tim says: November 16th, 2005 at 6:31 am

    No offense to you fine Scottish folks, but what in hell is a “numpty”?

  7. 7. northern git says: November 16th, 2005 at 12:16 pm

    Tim
    The numpty is an exotic beast that is a hybrid between a numbskull and the less common Humpty Dumpty. Both creatures share the unique characteristic of having no brain so its common for them to mate. The offspring are understanably born with no brain and often find work as professional footballers, doormen, baggage handlers and leaders of the Free World.

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