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Siegessäule (Victory Column)
Siegessäule (Victory Column) 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 270 steps up through the column to reach the observation platform, but the view is rewarding. The gold-tipped cannons surrounding the column are those the Prussians captured from the French in the Franco-Prussian War.
- Address: Strasse des 17. Juni/Am Grossen Stern, Tiergarten, Berlin, 10785 | Map It
- Phone: 030/391--2961
- Cost: €2.20
- Hours: 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).
- Location: Tiergarten and the Government District
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