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One of Europe’s most imposing landmarks, the 91-meter Monument to the Battle of the Nations (1913) towers over Leipzig, Germany 🇩🇪—a massive reinforced-concrete structure featuring a stone hall watched over by 9-meter-tall warrior figures.

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Helen Yrmom 4d ago

It took15 years to build using 26,500 granite blocks and massive amounts of concrete a cutting-edge material at the time.

The Nazis used it as a backdrop for propaganda rallies to symbolize Germanic might.

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Jasper Hayes 4d ago

Crazy. I’ve never heard of this.

camba⚡️hodl 3d ago

There must be someone very important buried under that...