[4K] Berlin/Germany Walk - the Victory Column - 360° view over the city with a beautiful sunset скачать в хорошем качестве

[4K] Berlin/Germany Walk - the Victory Column - 360° view over the city with a beautiful sunset

Climb the Victory Column in Berlin with me (285 steps 😅 ) and enjoy the view over the city! Don´t miss the magical sunset! Starting at Bellevue Palace, we pass the Bismarck Monument and approach the Victory Column. Please share, comment, like and suscribe to my channel, if you liked the video! Thank you for your support! Located in the heart of Berlins Central Park (Tiergarten) the Victory Column with its golden statue of Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory (8.32 metres / 27 ft) high and weighing 35 tonnes (designed by Friedrich Drake) is one of Berlins must-see sights. 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. In the wake of those military successes, the Kingdom of Prussia successfully united Germany as an imperial power under the Prussian crown. The Wars of German Unification, as these three wars are known in Germany today, were originally commemorated by a column of three segments topped with a bronze sculpture. The bronze reliefs and mosaic frieze decorating the columned plinth also recount the story of founding the German Empire. The Victory column was the first monument of the newly founded German Empire. The Victory Column originally stood in front of the Reichstag building. In 1939, as part of the preparation of Adolf Hitlers and Albert Speers monumental plans to redesign Berlin into the capital of the world (Germania), the column was relocated to its present site at the Großer Stern (Great Star), a large intersection on the east-west axis of the city. At the same time, a fourth section was added, raising the column by 6,5 metres (21 ft) to a height of 67 metres (220 ft). The Victory Column survived the Second World War largely unscathed. In the mid-1980s, it was then restored and is now listed as a heritage site. Berliners have given the statue the nickname "Goldelse", meaning something like "Golden Lizzy" Incidentally, in 2008 this was where Barack Obama gave a speech in the year before he was elected President of the United States. The column is accessible to pedestrians through four tunnels. Via a steep spiral staircase of 281 steps, the physically fit may climb almost to the top of the column, to just under the statue and take in the views over the Tiergarten. Opening Hours 01. Apr - 31. Oct: Mon-Fri 9.30 - 18.30, Sat+Sun 9.30 - 19.00 01. Nov - 31. March: Mon-Fri 10.00 - 17.00, Sat+Sun 10.00 - 17.30 Admission Fee: 3.50 Euro Across the street is The Bismarck Memorial (German: Bismarck-Nationaldenkmal), dedicated to Prince Otto von Bismarck, Minister President of the Kingdom of Prussia and the first Chancellor of the German Empire. It was sculpted by Reinhold Begas, typical for the time. It portrays Bismarck in his ceremonial garb as Chancellor standing above statues of: Atlas, showing Germany's world power status at the end of the 19th century; Siegfried, forging a sword to show Germany's strong industrial and military might; Germania pinning underfoot a panther, symbolizing the suppression of discord and rebellion; a sibyl reclining on a sphinx and reading the book of history.