Rudolf Virchow Monument Explained

Rudolf Virchow Monument
Italic Title:no
Other Language 1:German
Other Title 1:Rudolf-Virchow-Denkmal
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Berlin, Germany
Coordinates:52.5227°N 13.3794°W
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Mapframe-Zoom:13

The Rudolf Virchow Monument (German: Rudolf-Virchow-Denkmal) is an outdoor monument to Rudolf Virchow, who was a pathologist, archaeologist, politician and public-health reformer. The monument was created in the neoclassical style by Fritz Klimsch from 1906 to 1910, and is located on Karlplatz in Berlin-Mitte, Germany.[1] The figure atop the pedestal is an allegorical representation of mankind's struggle against disease. [2]

Notes and References

  1. http://himetop.wikidot.com/rudolf-virchow-monument October 21, 2018.
  2. https://denkmaldatenbank.berlin.de/daobj.php?obj_dok_nr=09060094