Memorial

Rudolf-Virchow-Denkmal

Berlin, Germany

Rudolf-Virchow-Denkmal
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About Rudolf-Virchow-Denkmal

The Rudolf Virchow Monument is an outdoor monument to Rudolf Virchow, who was a pathologist, archaeologist, politician and public-health reformer. The monument was created in the neoclassical style by Fritz Klimsch from 1906 to 1910, and is located on Karlplatz in Berlin-Mitte, Germany. The figure atop the pedestal is an allegorical representation of mankind's struggle against disease.

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