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Siegessäule

Straße des 17, Berlin, Berlin, 10557,



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Familiar to many from Wim Wenders' 1987 film "Wings of Desire," the view from the top of the 69 metre-high Victory Column is well worth the 285-step climb! Built in 1873 to commemorate Prussian military victories against Denmark, Austria and France, the Victory Column originally stood in front of the Reichstag, but was moved to its current location in the middle of the Tiergarten by the Nazi regime in 1938. The golden statue of the Goddess Victory can be seen from all over the city and is one of Berlin's most eye-catching landmarks. Since 1995, the Victory Column has been the epicentre of Berlin's annual Love Parade, when hundreds of thousands of ravers gather in the Tiergarten to party in the name of love.

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Local Expert Review

Obama at the Siegesäule

By jacinta_lodge
on July 24, 2008

Well today is an exciting day if you're an American in Berlin and want to catch a glimpse of the presidential hopeful Barack Obama. He flew in this morning, met the german Chancellor for a quick...
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