Photo Gallery Remembering Unification
Germany is getting a memorial to its reunification. The giant tilting object -- it's design was picked in a special competition -- will cost 10 million ($14 million) and be located near Berlin's Museum Island. It's scheduled to be completed in three years.
There has been much discussion surrounding the creation of a monument to Germany's 1990 reunification. On Wednesday, the final design was chosen. It will cost 10 million ($14 million) to build and will be located near the city's famed Museum Island.
Foto: DPA/ Milla&Partner
The monument will say "We are the People" and "We are One People."
Foto: AFP/ Milla&Partner
The monument will be shaped like a giant dish. The underside is to be adorned with images from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Foto: dapd / Milla&Partner
The happy winners of the monument design contest: Sebastian Letz from the company Milla and Partner, and Sasha Waltz.
Foto: Tim Brakemeier/ dpa
More than 500 potential designs were submitted in a contest to create the memorial.
Foto: Tim Brakemeier / dpa
The monument should be complete within the next three years.
Foto: dapd/ Milla&Partner
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