The Destroyed City

The Destroyed City is a bronze memorial sculpture in the Dutch city of . It commemorates the German bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940, which destroyed the medieval centre of the city.
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  • Work of art
  • …is a sculpture
  • …is also known as “De verwoeste stad”
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • Description: public artwork by Ossip Zadkine in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (1953)
  • Address: Plein 1940, Rotterdam, 3011TA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maritime Museum and Kids Marina Rotterdam.
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Museum
The Rotterdam is a in , The .
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centrum and Cool.
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is the name of the central area of …
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Quarter
is a neighborhood of , in the borough.
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Quarter
is a neighborhood at the center of , Netherlands.

The Destroyed City

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Latitude
51.91764° or 51° 55′ 4″ north
Longitude
4.48307° or 4° 28′ 59″ east
Open location code
9F36WF9M+36
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3122205594
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­sculpture
Wiki­data ID
Q1219934

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“The Destroyed City” goes by many names.
Ավերված քաղաքըArmenian
被毀滅的城市Chinese
De verwoeste stadDutch
Jan GatDutch
Jan met de HandjesDutch
Jan met de JatjesDutch
rijksmonumentnummer 530902Dutch
Stad zonder HartDutch
Verwoeste StadDutch
ZadkiniDutch
La detruita urboEsperanto
La Ville détruiteFrench
Le criFrench
Die zerstörte StadtGerman
Zerstörte StadtGerman
नष्ट नगरHindi
La città distruttaItalian
破壊された都市Japanese
Rozdarte MiastoPolish
A cidade destruídaPortuguese
Разрушенный городRussian
Разрушенный город (скульптура)Russian
El gritoSpanish
La ciudad destruidaSpanish
Monumento conmemorativo a la destrucción de RotterdamSpanish
Зруйноване місто (скульптура)Ukrainian

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Rotterdam: Highlights

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