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The marble statue of Alexander von Humboldt

The marble statue of Alexander von Humboldt

Alexander von Humboldt, Unter den Linden, Friedrichswerder, Dorotheenstadt, Mitte, Berlin, 10117, Germany

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A masterpiece of the Berlin school of sculpture, this marble figure honors the Prussian polymath.

Reinhold Begas created the marble statue of Alexander von Humboldt in 1882. Sculpted in the neo-baroque style, the work is considered a masterpiece of the Berlin school of sculpture. The figure is located to the right of the Humboldt University main building on Unter den Linden avenue in Berlin's Mitte district.

Humboldt lived from 1769 to 1859 and was a Prussian polymath and natural scientist. The statue stands in the Dorotheenstadt area, near the historic buildings of the university.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

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