Goethe Monument (Berlin)
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The Goethe Monument () is an outdoor 1880 memorial to German writer and statesman
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...
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Fritz Schaper Fritz (Friedrich) Schaper (31 July 1841, Alsleben – 29 November 1919, Berlin) was a German sculptor. Life He was orphaned at an early age, and was sent to Halle (Saale), Halle to receive instruction at the Francke Foundations. After being ap ...
, located in Tiergarten in
Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
, Germany. The sculpture's base depicts the allegorical figures of Drama, Lyric Poetry (and Amor), and Science.


See also

* 1880 in art


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* 1880 establishments in Germany 1880 sculptures Allegorical sculptures in Germany Sculptures of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Statues in Berlin Outdoor sculptures in Berlin Sculptures of men in Germany Sculptures of women in Germany Statues in Germany Statues of writers Tiergarten (park) {{Germany-sculpture-stub