The Victory Column of Berlin

Named after Victoria, the Roman Goddess of Victory


Seventy meters high structure with a narrow staircase of 285 steps and an observation deck, the Berliners call it Goldelse. Heinrich Strack designed the column to commemorate Prussia’s victory over Denmark in 1864 (the German-Danish War or the Second Schleswig War). Initially, the column was located in front

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