http://www.flickr.com/photos/markop/tags/johann/ Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:30:19 -0800 Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:30:19 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm1.staticflickr.com/70/buddyicons/91116392@N00.jpg?1342169262#91116392@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/markop/tags/johann/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/markop/319538081/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/markop/">macropoulos</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markop/319538081/" title="Quadriga of Victory"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/129/319538081_654369b7a2_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Quadriga of Victory" /></a></p> <p>I'm taking a break from my usual nature photography this week, to post <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markop/sets/72157594406447284/">some photos of Berlin</a>, from my trip there 3 years ago, on November 2003. Me and my wife stayed there for only 4 days but we enjoyed it very much!<br /> <br /> The <b>Berlin Quadriga</b> is probably the most famous in the world. It was designed by Johann Gottfried Schadow in 1793 as the <b>Quadriga of Victory</b>, as a symbol of peace (represented by the olive wreath carried by Victory). Located atop the <b>Brandenburg Gate</b> (German: <b>Brandenburger Tor</b>) in Berlin, Germany, it was looted by Napoleon in 1806, and returned to Berlin by Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher in 1814. Her olive wreath was subsequently replaced by an Iron Cross. The statue suffered severe damage during the Second World War and the association of the Iron Cross with Prussian militarism convinced the Communist government of East Germany to remove this aspect of the statue after the war. The quadriga was not restored to its original state until German reunification in 1990.<br /> <i>- Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriga">Wikipedia</a></i></p> Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:30:19 -0800 2003-11-21T14:03:46-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (macropoulos) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/319538081 52.516338 13.377646 52.516338 13.377646 20161028 Quadriga of Victory <p>I'm taking a break from my usual nature photography this week, to post <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markop/sets/72157594406447284/">some photos of Berlin</a>, from my trip there 3 years ago, on November 2003. Me and my wife stayed there for only 4 days but we enjoyed it very much!<br /> <br /> The <b>Berlin Quadriga</b> is probably the most famous in the world. It was designed by Johann Gottfried Schadow in 1793 as the <b>Quadriga of Victory</b>, as a symbol of peace (represented by the olive wreath carried by Victory). Located atop the <b>Brandenburg Gate</b> (German: <b>Brandenburger Tor</b>) in Berlin, Germany, it was looted by Napoleon in 1806, and returned to Berlin by Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher in 1814. Her olive wreath was subsequently replaced by an Iron Cross. The statue suffered severe damage during the Second World War and the association of the Iron Cross with Prussian militarism convinced the Communist government of East Germany to remove this aspect of the statue after the war. The quadriga was not restored to its original state until German reunification in 1990.<br /> <i>- Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriga">Wikipedia</a></i></p> macropoulos horses horse berlin statue germany four gate victory triumph tor brandenburger quadriga johann brandenburg chariot gottfried schadow canonpowershots45 250v10f http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en