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This pair of statues flanked broad steps leading to the fountain in Körnerpark. - by SL Wong

Superboy

Superboy

What's art, what's defacement? It's definitely defacement when it is a monument. Still, the paintwork on these Körnerpark statues evoked another image for me ..

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Berlin Block (for Charlie Chaplin) by Richard Serra. - by SL Wong

Berlin Block

Berlin Block

Tilted awkwardly "as if Chaplin was turning on his shoe", this 77-ton Richard Serra 'Berlin Block' is both a tribute to the comedian and a comment on the Cold War…

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Heroes of Marble

Helden aus Marmor

With limbs and bits of torso missing, the marble statues were also rather unceremoniously lumped together in a corner of Spandau's Zitadelle (Citadel). A far cry from their original purpose ..

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Berlin Junction - by SK Mandal

Berlin Junction

Berlin Junction

Two enormous rusty metal sheets on the pavement formed a narrow passageway. We walked around it but could not see what the sculpture was supposed to represent.

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The golden stag is a nod to the forest that once covered Schöneberg. - by SL Wong

A Golden Stag

Ein Goldener Hirsch

This magnificent golden statue of a stag is perched high up on a column in Berlin-Schöneberg. It recalls both the locality's coat of arms and forests that earlier covered the area.

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Crowning the Rivers

Um die Strömen zu Krönen

Good music from a stage near the 19th-century Neptunbrunnen (Neptune Fountain) in Mitte, prompted me to sit down on a bench in front of the allegorical figure of Oder. I…

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Jüdische Opfer des Faschismus by Will Lammert - by SL Wong

Discover Truth

Nach Wahrheit Finden

“Discover truth, love beauty, seek goodness, do the best one can,” (“Nach Wahrheit forschen, Schönheit lieben, Gutes wollen, das Beste tun”) is a quote by Moses Mendelssohn, the celebrated 18th…

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Comrade Builders

Die Genossen Bauarbeiter

When we chanced upon this sculpture, its ugliness stopped us in our tracks. Then we realised how much of an anomaly ..

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