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Gneisenau Memorial
Artist Christian Daniel Rauch Year 1855 Medium Bronze Dimensions 5.55 m (18.2 ft) Location Bebelplatz, Berlin, Germany
The Gneisenau Memorial on
Bebelplatz green space in
Berlin 's Mitte district commemorates the
Prussian field marshal and freedom fighter
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760–1831). Created from 1840 to 1855 by
Christian Daniel Rauch in
neoclassical style, it is a piece of the Berlin school of sculpture.
[1]
[2] Until 1950 the bronze statue stood at the front of
Unter den Linden avenue, with which it formed an
urban ensemble , and since 1963 it has stood at the back of Bebelplatz green space.
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References
Further reading
Bloch, Peter; Grzimek, Waldemar (1978). Die Berliner Bildhauerschule im neunzehnten Jahrhundert. Das klassische Berlin (in German). Berlin: Propyläen.
ISBN
978-3-549-06631-7 .
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