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Siegessäule

Address: Am Grossen Stern, Tiergarten, Berlin
Phone: 030/391-2961

Victory Column

Category: Memorials/Monuments
Location: Tiergarten and the Government District

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Fodor's Review:

The 227-foot granite, sandstone, and bronze column is topped by a winged, golden goddess and has a splendid view of Berlin. It was erected in front of the Reichstag in 1873 to commemorate Prussia's military successes and then moved to the Tiergarten in 1938-39. You have to climb 285 steps up through the column to reach the observation platform, but the view is rewarding. The gold-tipped cannons striping the column are those the Prussians captured from the French in the Franco-Prussian War.

Cost: EUR 2.20
Open: Nov.-Mar., weekdays 10-5, weekends 10-5:30; Apr.-Oct., weekdays 9:30-6:30, weekends 9:30-7; last admission ½ hr before closing
Metro: Tiergarten (S-bahn), Bellevue (S-bahn)

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