The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Monaco station – Monte Carlo 1 segment In 1990 Monte Carlo was the scene of a first auction of Wall segments by Southeby’s on behalf of Limex and LeLé Berlin. 81 segments were available and were partly auctioned off for exorbitant sums. The segment which is at the SNCF train station in Monte Carlo was a […]
Location: European Information Center 1 segment Schengen has become a synonym for the border-free travel in Europe. The cancellation of inter-state borders and passport controls was initially agreed upon by five European countries on a Mosel ship near Schengen in June 1985. As a symbol of the opening and the removal of borders in Europe […]
Location: Park Kronvalda, in front of Parliament’s building 1 segment The Singing Revolution from 1987 to 1991 was a nationale independence movement of the Baltic Republics. In 1990, the Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie from Berlin and its exhibition History of the Cold War was invited to Riga by some members of the parliament. The segment of […]
Location: in front of the German Embassy 1 segment When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Croatia belonged to the Yugoslav confederation. Since then, much has changed. In Germany, in Europe and around the world. A businessman from Berlin donated a Wall segment to the German Embassy in Zagreb to remind these fundamental shifts. In […]
Location: in the Parco dell’antica/Rangoni Castle, 4 segments (+ 3 stored segments) Carlo Accorsi, entrepreneur from Spilamberto, purchased seven segments of the Wall on an auction and brought them to northern Italy. He donated four of them his hometown. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall in November 2009, these […]