Lessing Monument
The Lessing Monument is a monument in the Neo-Baroque style, and dedicated to Gotthold Ephraim Lessing by Otto Lessing, installed at Tiergarten in Berlin, Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Memorial
- Description: sculpture in Berlin, Germany
- Also known as: “Gotthold Ephraim Lessing”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brandenburg Gate and Holocaust Memorial.
Brandenburg Gate
Photo: Der Wolf im Wald, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin. One of the best-known landmarks of Germany, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. Brandenburg Gate is situated 510 metres north of Lessing Monument.
Holocaust Memorial
Photo: NoRud, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe (German: Denkmal für die ermordeten Juden Europas, also known as the Holocaust Memorial, is a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust committed by Nazi Germany, designed by architect Peter Eisenman and Buro Happold. Holocaust Memorial is situated 330 metres northeast of Lessing Monument.
The Center Potsdamer Platz
Photo: Tillea, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Center Potsdamer Platz is a complex of eight buildings located at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, designed by Helmut Jahn. It opened in 2000 and housed Sony's German headquarters. The cinemas in the center were closed at the end of 2019. The Center Potsdamer Platz is situated 230 metres southwest of Lessing Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Friedrichstadt and Dorotheenstadt.
Friedrichstadt
Quarter
Photo: Tanweer Morshed, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Friedrichstadt was an independent suburb of Berlin, and is now a historical neighbourhood of the city itself. The neighbourhood is named after the Prussian king Frederick I.
Dorotheenstadt
Quarter
Dorotheenstadt is a historic zone or neighbourhood of central Berlin, Germany, which forms part of the locality of Mitte within the borough also called Mitte.
Tiergarten
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Lessing Monument
- Categories: statue, monument, fountain, and historic site
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Stadt, Berlin, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
52.51205° or 52° 30′ 43″ northLongitude
13.37495° or 13° 22′ 30″ eastOpen location code
9F4MG96F+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 884700390OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q1820909
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Lessing Monument” goes by many names.
- German: “Lessing-Brunnen”
- German: “Lessing-Denkmal”
- German: “Lessingdenkmal”
- Italian: “Lessing-Denkmal”
- Italian: “Monumento a Lessing”
- Russian: “Памятник Лессингу”
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