Goethe Monument (Berlin)

The memorial in 2011

The Goethe Monument (German: Das Goethe-Denkmal) is an outdoor 1880 memorial to German writer and statesman Johann Wolfgang von Goethe by Fritz Schaper, located in Tiergarten in Berlin, Germany.[1][2] The sculpture's base depicts the allegorical figures of Drama, Lyric Poetry (and Amor), and Science.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Eisenschmid, Rainer; Bacher, Isolde; BuddŽe, Gisela (January 20, 2012). Berlin, Potsdam. Lonely Planet. p. 323. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. "The Cosmopolitan". 45. Schlicht & Field. 1908: 337. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

Coordinates: 52°30′50″N 13°22′35″E / 52.5138°N 13.3764°E / 52.5138; 13.3764

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