VÖLKERSCHLACHTDENKMAL
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Monument of 120,000 of concrete and 26,000 granite stones, featuring statues of knights and mothers of the nation.
From 16 to 19 October 1813, in the vicinity of Leipzig, the Battle of Nations was fought during which Napoleon's army was crushed by the Russian-Prussian coalition. This battle announced the beginning of the end for the French Emperor. She soon got lost by the ideology of the Second German Empire. This giant monument is an exhibition of wilhelmien nationalism that can be found frightening, with its huge statues of knights and mothers of the nation without any expression on the face. It consists of 120 000 m 3 of concrete and 26 000 stone stones and is more than metres high. It was raised in the years 1898-1913. More a hymn to power than a prayer for peace, its delightful does not cease to impress. You must enter the interior to realise the enormity of the building and its meaning; You can also climb up and have a superb view over Leipzig. On the weekend, it's a nice place to walk, there are sausages and sweets in front of its esplanade. It is known in Leipzig as'place of suicides '; in the 1990 s, more than once, someone climbed to the top to throw themselves out…
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