The column is adorned with mosaics and topped with a gilded allegorical statue of Victory. Grosser Stern. The statue. Siegess. Five major roads cut through the park and intersect at a large roundabout that is known as the Grosser Stern (Great Star). In 1. 93. 8 the monument was moved to its current location by the Nazi government as part of a major urban redevelopment plan, known as Germania, that would transform Berlin into the capital of the world. By the time the column was finished in 1. Prussians had also triumphed over Austria (1. France (1. 87. 1), so the monument's design was slightly altered to also commemorate these victories. The colonnade above the base is decorated with a mosaic frieze created by Anton von Werner. It depicts the Liberation Wars and subsequent unification of Germany in 1. The column originally consisted of three sections, each of which represented a victorious war. Hitler had another 7. This increased the total height of the monument to almost 6. Looking eastward, you can see the Reichstag, the Brandenburg Gate and of course the Fernsehturm. The gilded figure, designed by Friedrich Drake, can be seen looking triumphantly towards France. She wears a helmet with an eagle, which means she also personifies Borussia (Prussia). The statue weighs over thirty tonnes hence she is known as the 'heaviest woman in Berlin'. ![]() Dato/tid Thumbnail Dimensioner Bruger Kommentar; nuv. Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:43, 2 November 2008: 2,000 Sie befindet sich noch an ihrer urspr ![]() Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 21:31, 26 October 2008: 1,371 Seine Asche wurde – wie auch die seiner Frau Plotina – im. Seite Community/Zeitgen. November 2009, 22:49, Unbekannt; Ge. Details der Reliefdarstellung der Trajanss. Piedestal der Trajanss. Die monumentale Ehrens Zudem waren rund um die Freif. Ein erhaltener Sockel (R. Paribeni, Iscrizioni dei Fori Imperiali. 1588 lies Papst Sixtus V. Altri titoli; THE COLUMN COLUMNA LUI TRAJAN THE COLUMN TRAJAN'S COLUMN THE TYRANN TRAJANS SAULE: Durata: 146' Colore: C: Genere: STORICO: Produzione; STUDIOUL 'BUCURESTI' Distribuzione; ROMANIAFILM.
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