Schlossbruecke - 7/8

One of eight marble statues adorning the sides of the Schlossbruecke (palace-bridge) in the center of Berlin. Designed and constructed on commission of King Friedrich I. by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1921 replacing a wooden bridge used mainly for the transport of material for the construction of the Berlin Palace. The eight statues depict a hero's life from early childhood to death and weren't completed until after the death of Schinkel in 1841. During the Second World War, they were taken down and stored at a safe location. After the war, the bridge, left mostly undamaged, was part of the east zone, whilst the statues were stored in the west and not returned until the mid-1980s. the city palace was torn down and the bridge redubbed Marx-Engels-Bruecke. this was reverted in 1991 on the first anniversary of the German reunification. Unter den Linden 1 10117 Berlin