Die Berliner Siegessäule

Die Berliner Siegessäule is in Berlin, Berlin. Die Berliner Siegessäule is situated nearby to the public building Haus D, as well as near the square Großer Stern.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Siegessäule and Bellevue Palace.

Siegessäule

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The Victory Column is a monument in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory over Denmark in the Second Schleswig 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 and France in the Franco-Prussian War, giving the statue a new purpose. Siegessäule is situated 110 metres west of Die Berliner Siegessäule.

Bellevue Palace

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Bellevue Palace, located in Berlin's Tiergarten district, has been the official residence of the president of Germany since 1994. The schloss is situated on the banks of the Spree river, near the Berlin Victory Column, along the northern edge of the Großer Tiergarten park. Bellevue Palace is situated 330 metres north of Die Berliner Siegessäule.

Großer Stern

Square

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Der Große Stern is the central square of the Großer Tiergarten park in Berlin; the Berlin Victory Column is sited in it. It is crossed by the Straße des 17. Juni, at its half. Großer Stern is situated 120 metres west of Die Berliner Siegessäule.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tiergarten and Botschaftsviertel.

Tiergarten

Suburb

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Tiergarten is a locality within the borough of Mitte, in central Berlin. Notable for the great and homonymous urban park, before German reunification, it was a part of West Berlin.