The Berlin Wall across the world
Location: Mémorial de Caen, Normandie 2 segments from the sector between Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Straße In a truck loaded with two tons of paint and painting tools, the French artist Daniel Boulogne set off from Paris in November 1989. Destination: Berlin, to support the Artists Union of the GDR, who wanted to paint the East side of the Wall, the […]
Location: Parc Leopold, in front of the European Parliament 1 segment from Potsdamer Platz It took three years to find a suitable location: The Wall segment in Parc Léopold was donated by EU Commissioner Michaele Schreyer to the capital of Europe. It symbolizes the end of the Cold War, the unification of Europe and the beginning of the […]
Location: Kurpark 1 segment Since October 3, 1990, the day of the German reunification, a Wall segment is in the Kurpark of Oberstdorf, Bavaria. Further details unknown. Additional information can be uploaded via comment on this side. click to enlarge: Photo above and background:“OberstdorfBerlinerMauer” by Lokilech – Own work. Licensed under Wikimedia Commons.
Location: Centre de commerce mondial, World Trade Center 1 segment The Berlin Wall segment was given as a gift from Berlin to Montreal on occasion of the 350th anniversary of the Canadian metropolis and the 160th anniversary of the town charter at the same time. Since then, the Wall segment and related text panels are standing in the Centre de […]
Location: Berlin square (Cheonggyecheon-ro near Samilgyo bridge) 3 segments The installation of Wall segments along with a Berlin bear and a gas lantern on the Berliner Platz in Seoul was erected in 2005. Seoul is twinned with Berlin, the installation was donated by the Berlin Senate under the Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit to a likewise divided country as a […]