5 May 2021 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Berlin
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The Neue Wache (English: New Guard) is a
listed building on
Unter den Linden boulevard in the
historic centre of
Berlin,
Germany. Erected from 1816 to 1818 according to plans by
Karl Friedrich Schinkel as a guardhouse for the
Royal Palace and a
memorial to the
Liberation Wars, it is considered as a major work of
Prussian Neoclassical architecture. A
Victoria relief by
Johann Gottfried Schadow and five
General statues by
Christian Daniel Rauch, referring to the Warrior statues on
Schlossbrücke, also belong to the ensemble. Since 1993, the Neue Wache has been home to the Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Victims of War and Tyranny.
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