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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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: sculpture
  • Description: public artwork by Ossip Zadkine in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (1953)
  • Also known as: “De verwoeste stad”
  • Address: Plein 1940, Rotterdam, 3011TA
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maritime Museum and Kids Marina Rotterdam.

Museum
Photo: Hanhil, Public domain.
The Rotterdam is a in , The . Dedicated to naval history, it was founded in 1874 by Prince Henry of the Netherlands.

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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 , being located between the central station in the north and the New Meuse in the south.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood of , in the borough. It is enclosed by the Weena in the north, the Mauritsweg and Eendrachtsweg in the west, Vasteland in the south and the Coolsingel and Schiedamse Vest in the east.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood at the center of , Netherlands. The name refers to the historical triangular form of the city of Rotterdam, which was bordered by the Coolsingel and the Schiedamsevest to the west, the Goudsevest to the northeast, and by the to the south.

The Destroyed City

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
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1219934
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“The Destroyed City” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ավերված քաղաքը”
  • Chinese: “被毀滅的城市”
  • Dutch: “De verwoeste stad”
  • Dutch: “De Verwoeste Stad”
  • Dutch: “Jan Gat”
  • Dutch: “Jan met de Handjes”
  • Dutch: “Jan met de Jatjes”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 530902”
  • Dutch: “Stad zonder Hart”
  • Dutch: “Verwoeste Stad”
  • Dutch: “Zadkini”
  • Esperanto: “La detruita urbo”
  • French: “La Ville détruite”
  • French: “Le cri”
  • German: “Die zerstörte Stadt”
  • German: “Zerstörte Stadt”
  • Hindi: “नष्ट नगर”
  • Italian: “La città distrutta”
  • Japanese: “破壊された都市”
  • Polish: “Rozdarte Miasto”
  • Portuguese: “A cidade destruída”
  • Russian: “Разрушенный город (скульптура)”
  • Russian: “Разрушенный город”
  • Spanish: “El grito”
  • Spanish: “La ciudad destruida”
  • Spanish: “Monumento conmemorativo a la destrucción de Rotterdam”
  • Ukrainian: “Зруйноване місто (скульптура)”

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Highlights include Straddle carrier and De Coopvaert.

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