The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Santuário de Fátima 1 segment The history of the pilgrimage site Fátima goes back to a Marian apparition in 1917. In one of the prophecies, which were recorded many years later, the end of the communist regime was prophesied. When the Wall came down, many Catholics recognize the truth of the prophecy. Small stones from […]
Location: pasture 50 segments Ludwik Wasecki, who emigrated from Poland to Sweden and is now practicing as a dentist in Berlin, is both artist and collector of art, especially of Wall segments. Immediately after the fall of the Wall, he started his installations with replicas of Wall segments in a pasture near Breslau and was met […]
Location: on a cycle path in Miedzyrec Podlaski and Kobylany 1 segment from the Hinterlandmauer The district Biala Podlaska is the Eastern border of the European Union. Beyond the border is Belarus, the last dictatorship in Europe. As a sign of European integration and as a tourist attraction a Wall segment was erected in Miedzyrec Podlaski and in […]
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 […]