FACTBOX - Berlin's Victory Column, site of Obama speech By Reuters July 23, 200810:58 PM PDTUpdated July 23, 2008 ...

It was a symbol of the German Empire. The Nazis moved it to the Tiergarten. Decades later, it would become an icon of the Love Parade. The Victory Column in Berlin turns 150.

The column, set with cannon taken as booty in the wars, dates to 1867, although it was finished only in 1873. The Nazis inadvertently saved it from destruction in World War II by moving it from its ...

In the middle of Tiergarten and surrounded by traffic stands the 60-meter-high Victory Column (the Siegessäule). It was built from 60 cannons, which were taken during the German unification wars ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign confirmed on Sunday he will deliver a speech this week at the Victory Column in Berlin's Tiergarten Park. German ...

To all of them, Kennedy memorably said: "Let them come to Berlin." Perhaps Obama -- with the Victory Column at his back -- will also challenge those who think it impossible to imagine victory today.

Take a walk or scooter ride through the park to Victory Column near the park’s center. For a small fee, you can climb the 285 steps to the top of the tower for incredible views in all directions.

Barack Obama will speak in front of the Victory Column in Berlin next week rather than Brandenburg Gate, according to the Berliner Zeitung. The Victory Column represents a compromise after politica… ...

Thieves have made away with copper plates of "significant material and historical value" from the entrance buildings of Berlin's Victory Column monument, German police said Saturday.