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The Monument to the Battle of the Nations🏛️ (German: Völkerschlachtdenkmal) is a massive monument in Leipzig, state of Saxony, Germany🇩🇪, to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig. It commemorates Napoleon's defeat at Leipzig, a crucial step towards the end of hostilities in the War of the Sixth Coalition. The coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden were led by Tsar Alexander I of Russia and Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg. The monument is 91 metres (299 ft) tall. It contains over 500 steps to a viewing platform at the top, from which there are views across the city and environs. It's mostly made of granite and widely regarded as one of the best examples of Wilhelmine architecture, inspiring several other gigantic monuments around the globe, like the #Voortrekkermonument in Pretoria. The frontal statue is a depiction of the Archangel Gabriel with the letter 'Gott Mit Uns' (God With Us) and there is a Krypta that features knight statues that look straight out of 'Lord of the Rings'. Don't you just love history? 😊👍 -- #Leipzig #Völkerschlachtdenkmal #NationalMonuments #BattleOfTheNations #Gigantic #Prussia #Prussian #PrussianHistory #EmperorWilhelm #Napoleon #TsarAlexander #NapoleonicWars #Colossal #Krypta #Archangel #ArchangelMichael #DronesFromAbove #DroneShots #DronePhotography #DronesAreGood #Droning #DronePlanet #DroneTravel #DJIMavicMini #GodWithUs #GottMitUns (at Völkerschlacht-Denkmal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAmpwxVDo17/?igshid=x0u7rzgh4x12

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Victoria Louise of Prussia (Viktoria Luise Adelheid Mathilde Charlotte; 13 September 1892 – 11 December 1980) was the only daughter and the last child of German EmperorWilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoriathrough her father. Her 1913 marriage to Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanoverwas the largest gathering of reigning monarchs in Germany since German unification in 1871, and one of the last great social events of European royalty before the First World War began fourteen months later.

Shortly after the wedding, she became the Duchess of Brunswick by marriage. Through her daughter Frederica, Princess Victoria Louise was the maternal grandmother of Queen Sophia of Spain (mother of Felipe VI, King of Spain) and the former King Constantine II of Greece.

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The Kyffhäuser Monument 🏛️ (German: Kyffhäuserdenkmal🇩🇪), also known as Barbarossa Monument (Barbarossadenkmal), is an Emperor William monument in the Kyffhäuser mountain range in the German state of Thuringia. It was erected from 1890 to 1896 atop the ruins of the medieval Kyffhausen Castle near Bad Frankenhausen. It has similar features like the later built 'Völkerschlachtdenkmal' near Leipzig and another one near Porta Westfalica; but also the 'Voortrekker Monument' I visited 2 months ago near Pretoria draw some inspirations from all of them. Nevertheless, it's an awesome national monument, I can only recommend to visit. - Legend has is, that the old King Barbarossa who is depicted here frozen in stone, will rise up once Germany needs his help. The country is easing up after Corona Lockdown, so it's possible again, to get out & about. Can't wait though, to start traveling through Europe & worldwide again. Where should we all go first? 😜👍 -- #Kyffhäuser #Barbarossa #BarbarossLegend #KaiserWilhelm #Thuringia #ThüringenEntdecken #EmperorWilhelm #HistoryIsAmazing #Kyffhausen #NationalMonuments #DroneShots #DJIMavicMini #DronesRUs #ViewFromAbove #ChangeYourPerspective #Teutonic #Droning #DroneCrew #CastleRuins #MedievalHistory #DronePhotography #DroneTravel #CastleRock (at Kyffhäuser-Denkmal) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAXfXdxjwAa/?igshid=52bd6wrv4w0o