The Peace Column (German: Friedenssäule) is a column located in

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in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Christian Gottlieb Cantian and erected in 1843, the 19-meter column is topped with a brass statue of

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

, goddess of victory, designed by

Christian Daniel Rauch Christian Daniel Rauch (2 January 1777 – 3 December 1857) was a German sculptor. He founded the Berlin school of sculpture, and was the foremost German sculptor of the 19th century. Life Rauch was born at Arolsen in the Principality of ...

. In 1876, allegories of the four victorious allies of

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(or Belle Alliance in Prussian historiography) were added, and in 1879 two more sculptures followed: ''The Peace'' by Albert Wolff and ''Clio'', writing the history of the Wars of Liberation (Befreiungskriege) by .

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