Rudolf Virchow Monument

monument in Berlin, Germany

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Created: 1910
Material: shelly limestone, marble
Genre: public art
Location: Berlin-Mitte
appears in the heritage monument list: Q15827545
architect: Alfred Messel
commemorates: Rudolf Virchow
country: Germany
described by source: Bildhauerei in Berlin
heritage designation: architectural heritage monument
inscription: RUDOLF / VIRCHOW, DEM GROSSEN FORSCHER / SEINE SCHÜLER UND FREUNDE / IHREM EHRENBÜRGER / DIE STADT BERLIN
inscription mentions: Rudolf Virchow
instance of: monument, architectural structure
located in the administrative territorial entity: Bezirk Mitte
located on street: Karlplatz

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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. The figure atop the pedestal is an allegorical representation of mankind's struggle against disease.

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