Detail View: SHIMMER: Belle-Alliance Platz - Mehringplatz
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Title:
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Belle-Alliance Platz - Mehringplatz
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Creation Date:
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1730
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Image Date:
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1976
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Period:
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18th century ; 19th century ; 20th century
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Location:
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Berlin
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Country:
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GERMANY
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Display Creator:
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DÜTTMANN, Werner
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Image ID:
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12-0118
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Description:
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Aerial view: Mehringplatz (originally called Belle-Alliance Platz) from a photograph displayed onsite. This image shows the square as it was in 1976. Originally was laid out in the mid 18th century and in 1815 re-named after the Battle of Waterloo (known in Prussia as the Battle of Belle-Alliance). The Peace Column (Sculptor: C.D. RAUCH) in the centre dates from 1830 and is the only remaining feature from this time. The area was destroyed at the end of WW2. The square was renamed, after a socialist historian Franz Mehring, and eventually rebuilt in the 1960s as subsidised housing (SCHAROUN , DÜTTMANN), after the Berlin Wall had been constructed close by. The square is now (2012) awaiting a fresh redevelopment. Photographs of the area like this, taken at various dates, have been displayed around it as part of the public consultation process. An 'urban art venture' called The Berlin Oracle is also planned to promote the area: see also < http://www.theberlinoracle.de/index.php?id=000&lang=en > .
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Rights:
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© Sheffield Hallam University
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Permissions:
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For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
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Related Information:
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Berlin redevelopments. For more information see also < http://www.kunstwelt-berlin.de/english/kwev.htm > .
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Photographed by:
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Dave Ball
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Creator:
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SCHAROUN, Hans
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1893
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1972
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Creator Role:
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Architect for the master plan.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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German.
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Creator:
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DÜTTMANN, Werner
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Creator Dates - Born:
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1921
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Creator Dates - Died:
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1983
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Creator Role:
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Architect.
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Culture Gender:
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Male.
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Nationality:
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German.
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Subject Heading:
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Streetscapes (Urban design) -- Germany
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- Germany
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Subject Heading:
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Architecture -- 1900-2000
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Subject Heading:
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Columns
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Subject Heading:
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Housing -- Germany
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Subject Heading:
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Round buildings
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Subject Heading:
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Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
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Subject Heading:
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Urban renewal -- Germany
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Subject Heading:
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City squares -- Germany
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