Kyffhäuser Monument
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The Kyffhäuser Monument, also known as Barbarossa Monument, is an Emperor William monument in the Kyffhäuser mountain range in the German state of Thuringia. It was erected from 1890 to 1896 atop the
Central tower and equestrian statue of Emperor William I
Ruins of the medieval Kyffhausen Castle
The monument around 1900
Sculpture of Frederick Barbarossa
The Monument to the Battle of the Nations is a monument in Leipzig, Germany, to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations. Paid for mostly by donations and the city of Leipzi
Kyffhäuser Monument
…Designed by architect Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916), it is the third-largest monument in Germany. Schmitz has also designed the two largest memorials, the Monument to the Battle of the Nations, that commemorates the 1813 Battle of Leipzig and the Emperor William Monument at the Porta Westfalica. The monument has a total height of 81 m (266…
The monument at night in 2015
A painting by Russian A.I. Zauerweid, depicting the Battle of the Nations
A celebration with Emperor Francis I of Austria on the first anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig at the Prater in Vienna on 18 October 1814. Events such as this took place in all of Germany on that day.
The cornerstone, laid down in 1863, in a drawing from around 1880