Treptower Park
Template:Short description Template:Infobox park Treptower Park ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, with a silent w) is a park alongside the river Spree in Alt-Treptow, in the district of Treptow-Köpenick, south of central Berlin.
HistoryEdit
It was the location of the Great Industrial Exposition of Berlin in 1896. It is a popular place for recreation of Berliners and a tourist attraction. On 14 July 1987 it was used by British band Barclay James Harvest for the first ever open-air concert by a western rock band in the German Democratic Republic.<ref>Barclay James Harvest Biography</ref>
Soviet war memorialEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Its prominent feature is the Soviet War Memorial (sometimes translated as the "Soviet Cenotaph"), built to the design of the Soviet architect Yakov Belopolsky to commemorate the 80,000 Soviet soldiers who fell in the Battle of Berlin in April–May 1945. It was opened four years after the war ended, on May 8, 1949.
- Panorama of the Russian War Memorial at Treptow.jpg
Panoramic view of the Memorial
- Relief illustration as part of Soviet War Memorial, Treptower Park.jpg
Illustration made in relief as part of Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park
- Treptower Park Pedestal.JPG
A view into the pedestal of the memorial
- Statue of Soviet soldier in Treptower Park, Berlin, Germany.jpg
Statue of kneeling Soviet soldier at the memorial
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External linksEdit
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- Website der Bürgerinitiative Treptower Park
- Rollercoaster Database - Spree-Park Info
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