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The golden statue atop the column, cast in 1873 by the Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck foundry in Berlin, [9] [10] was featured in the music video to U2's 1993 "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)", an homage to Wings of Desire. During the years of the techno Love Parade, the column was a meeting point where large numbers of people danced together. [11]
The two Siegessäulen (English: Two Victory Columns) is a pair of outdoor columns surmounted by bronze statues of Victoria, the goddess of victory.They were made in 1840 by the German sculptor Christian Daniel Rauch and installed in the park of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, Germany, in front of the west façade of the Neuer Pavillon.
19th-century comparison between the Alexander Column, the Column of the Grande Armée, Trajan's Column, the Column of Marcus Aurelius, and "Pompey's Pillar". A victory column, or monumental column or triumphal column, is a monument in the form of a column, erected in memory of a heroic commemoration, [1] including victorious battle, war, or revolution.
The Siegesallee in late 1933, looking north to the original location of the Victory Column. On 27 January 1895, the 36th birthday of William II, German Emperor (1859–1941), the Siegesallee took on a new meaning with Emperor's commissioning of 96 white marble statues.
A Gladenbeck foundry casting of Victoria on top of the Berlin Victory Column Aktien-Gesellschaft Gladenbeck was a foundry located in Berlin, Germany , that operated from 1851 until 1926. During the 75-year period when the foundry was in operation it was one of the most important foundries in Germany and was known for producing high quality ...
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Street sign with Victory Column in the background. Before 1953, the street was called Charlottenburger Chaussee, because it ran from the old city center (Berlin-Mitte) to the borough of Charlottenburg through the Tiergarten (Zoo; literally "animal garden"). The 1953 name change was made in order to honor an East German uprising and its victims.
Mar. 18—ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It had finally felt like a small victory. After six years of seeking truth, accountability and an apology, the family of prominent civil rights attorney Mary Han ...