The Neptune Fountain in Berlin was built in 1891 and was designed by Reinhold Begas. The Roman god Neptune is in the center. The four women around him represent the four main rivers of Prussia at the time the fountain was constructed: the Elbe (with the allegorical figure holding fruits and ears of corn), Rhine (fishnet and grapes), Vistula (wooden blocks, symbols of forestry), and Oder (goats and animal skins). The Vistula is now entirely in Poland, while the Oder forms the border between Germany and Poland. The fountain was removed from its original location at the Schlossplatz in 1951, when the former Berliner Stadtschloss (Berlin City Palace) there was demolished. Eventually, after being restored, the fountain was moved in 1969 to its present location between the St Mary's Church and the Rotes Rathaus. The diameter is 18 m (59 ft), the height is 10 m (33 ft).
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1Schinkelplatz Named after Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Statue of Albrecht Thaer, Berlin Statue of Christian Peter Wilhelm Beuth Statue of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Berlin
2Schlossbrücke Statue Iris Takes the Fallen Hero to Olympus (1857)
3Schlossbrücke Schlossbrücke is a bridge in the central Mitte district of Berlin, Germany. Built between 1821 und 1824 according to plans designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, it was named after the nearby City Palace (Stadtschloss). The bridge marks the eastern end of the Unter den Linden boulevard. Statues: Athena Arms the Warrior (1851) Athena Leads the Young Warrior into the Fight (1853) Athena Protects the Young Hero (1854) Athena Teaches the Young Man How to Use a Weapon (1853) Iris Takes the Fallen Hero to Olympus (1857) Nike Assists the Wounded Warrior (1853) Nike Crowns the Hero (1853) Nike Instructs the Boy in Heroic History
4Schlossbrücke
5Frederick the Great The equestrian statue of Frederick the Great is an outdoor sculpture in cast bronze at the east end of Unter den Linden in Berlin, honouring King Frederick II of Prussia. Designed in 1839 by Christian Daniel Rauch and unveiled in 1851, it influenced other monuments. After having been enclosed for protection during World War II, the statue and its base were removed by the East Germans in 1950 and re-erected in 1963 at Sanssouci in Potsdam, but returned to Unter den Linden in 1980. After German reunification the monument was moved back to its original location and restored. It is a registered monument of the City of Berlin.
6Frederick the Great
7Frederick the Great
8The Crier and Victory Column “I wander through the world and cry ‘Peace, peace, peace.’” This quotation from the Italian poet Francesco Petrarch is inscribed on the base of the sculpture “Der Rufer,” which stands on the Strasse des 17. Juni. This bronze is 3 meters tall and was created by the sculptor and graphic artist Gerhard Marcks in 1966.
9Victory Column The Victory Column (German: About this sound Siegessäule (help·info), from Sieg ‘victory’ + Säule ‘column’) is a monument in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack, after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Danish-Prussian War, by the time it was inaugurated on 2 September 1873, Prussia had also defeated Austria and its German allies in the Austro-Prussian War (1866) and France in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–71), giving the statue a new purpose. Different from the original plans, these later victories in the so-called unification wars inspired the addition of the bronze sculpture of Victoria, 8.3 metres (27 ft) high and weighing 35 tonnes, designed by Friedrich Drake. Berliners have given the statue the nickname Goldelse, meaning something like "Golden Lizzy".
10Face-shaped Lamp This sculpture shows the profile of Johann Georg Elser, a German factory worker who carried out an elaborate assassination attempt against Adolf Hitler in 1939. The impressive sculpture stands over 55 feet high, above the surrounding trees and buildings.
11Sculpture near Altes National Gallery
12Story of Johann Georg Elser
13Prussian Military Statues -Wilhelmplatz The bronze copies of the memorials depicting Zieten and Anhalt-Dessau were erected on U-Bahn Island on the lateral axis of the former Wilhelmplatze in 2003 and 2005, respectively
14Prussian Military Statue Wilhelmplatz
15Memoria Urbana Berlin Memoria Urbana Berlin (also known as Reconstruction Bohemian Bethlehem Church) is a public sculpture by Spanish artist Juan Garaizabal that stands in the middle of the Bethlehemkirchplatz, Mitte district, Berlin, Germany. A monument dedicated to freedom of conscience and to immigration with the spirit of Europeanism. It was constructed in June 2012 on the mosaic marking the exact site and size of the original Bohemian or Bethlehem Church (German: Böhmische Kirche, Bethlehemskirche), which was destroyed in the war.[1] The sculpture is made up of 800 meters (2,600 feet) of square section (12x12 cm/4.7 in) steel tube and 300 meters (984 feet) of LED illumination system. Its structure draws in the air the lines of the silhouette of the lost construction, recreating its volume in the form of a sketch. It measures 25 x 15 x 31 metres (82 x 49 x 101 feet) in height and weighs 44 short tons (40 metric tons)
16Houseball 'Houseball', 1996, was designed by the artist Claes Oldenburg and his wife, writer Coosje van Bruggen. It is currently located at Bethlehemskirchplatz on Mauerstrasse, downtown Berlin. The sculpture, 27 ft. 6 in. or 8.4 m. high with a diameter of 24ft. 4 in. or 7.4 m., symbolizes the meager household goods a refugee carries on his or her back.
17St. George fighting the dragon. The largest monument in Nikolaiviertel is a statue of St. George fighting the dragon. The statue was created in 1853 by the German sculptor August Kiss and originally adorned a courtyard of the Stadtschloss, the majestic Berlin city palace. It now occupies a spot on a small square near the river Spree.
18St. George fighting the dragon.
19Ku’damm Office building
20Ku’damm Office building
21"dancing spaghetti Artwork made of stainless steel for the 750 anniversary of Berlin The four arms symbolize the four sectors in which Berlin was divided after the war. "The possible, but actually not executed connection of the elements depicts a paradox of split and togetherness. " [Mirjam Brusius] "The sculpture is to be committed from all sides, to go in every direction and thus physically experienceable. The passage direction west-east and east-west is emphasized.
22World Globe Fountain - "Wasserklops" The main part of the complex consists of several carved blocks of red granite , which together form an approximately hemispherical base with a total diameter of 8.5 meters and are arranged in a water basin of 16 meters in diameter. On them are numerous fountains , water fountains and other water features. In the symbolic globe characters of different cultures are embedded. [6] The large water basin is surrounded by a staircase that leads from Breitscheidplatz into the basement of the Europa Center. In the southeastern flight of stairs is inserted as another water feature of the watercourse of bronze with the five scenes of mountains, pastures, urban landscape, landfill and mermaids . To the north of the main basin, set off about 15 m, is the also belonging to the plant Small fountain with the bronze figure game with puppet . [8th]
![Memoria Urbana Berlin Memoria Urbana Berlin (also known as Reconstruction Bohemian Bethlehem Church) is a public sculpture by Spanish artist Juan Garaizabal that stands in the middle of the Bethlehemkirchplatz, Mitte district, Berlin, Germany. A monument dedicated to freedom of conscience and to immigration with the spirit of Europeanism. It was constructed in June 2012 on the mosaic marking the exact site and size of the original Bohemian or Bethlehem Church (German: Böhmische Kirche, Bethlehemskirche), which was destroyed in the war.[1] The sculpture is made up of 800 meters (2,600 feet) of square section (12x12 cm/4.7 in) steel tube and 300 meters (984 feet) of LED illumination system. Its structure draws in the air the lines of the silhouette of the lost construction, recreating its volume in the form of a sketch. It measures 25 x 15 x 31 metres (82 x 49 x 101 feet) in height and weighs 44 short tons (40 metric tons)](thumbs/P1100343.JPG)
!["dancing spaghetti Artwork made of stainless steel for the 750 anniversary of Berlin The four arms symbolize the four sectors in which Berlin was divided after the war. "The possible, but actually not executed connection of the elements depicts a paradox of split and togetherness. " [Mirjam Brusius] "The sculpture is to be committed from all sides, to go in every direction and thus physically experienceable. The passage direction west-east and east-west is emphasized.](thumbs/P1110004.JPG)
![World Globe Fountain - "Wasserklops" The main part of the complex consists of several carved blocks of red granite , which together form an approximately hemispherical base with a total diameter of 8.5 meters and are arranged in a water basin of 16 meters in diameter. On them are numerous fountains , water fountains and other water features. In the symbolic globe characters of different cultures are embedded. [6] The large water basin is surrounded by a staircase that leads from Breitscheidplatz into the basement of the Europa Center. In the southeastern flight of stairs is inserted as another water feature of the watercourse of bronze with the five scenes of mountains, pastures, urban landscape, landfill and mermaids . To the north of the main basin, set off about 15 m, is the also belonging to the plant Small fountain with the bronze figure game with puppet . [8th]](thumbs/P1110005.JPG)
