Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Leipzig, Germany

The Leipzig Panometer is an attraction in Leipzig, Germany. It is a visual panorama displayed inside a former gasometer, accompanied by a thematic exhibition. The current theme is "New York 9/11". The Panometer was created in 2003 by the Austrian-born artist Yadegar Asisi, who coined the name as a portmanteau of "panorama" and "gasometer". He opened another Panometer in Dresden in 2006. His panoramas are also displayed in Berlin, Pforzheim, Wittenberg, Hanover and Rouen.

Wikipedia: Leipzig Panometer (EN), Website

The Betonhalle is a building on the Old Exhibition Grounds in Leipzig, Germany. It was created for the International Building Exhibition (IBA) in 1913 and already bore this name at that time. In its seventy-year history as the exhibition hall of the Technical Fair, it was given the number 12 in the 1930s and the number 16 in the last numbering. Used as a venue from 2006, it was called Volkspalast until 2010 and Pantheon Leipzig until 2012. Since then, it has been the event palace. It is the oldest building on the site and is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Eventpalast (DE), Website

The Napoleon Stone is a monument in Leipzig that commemorates the Battle of the Nations in October 1813.

Wikipedia: Napoleonstein (Leipzig) (DE)

The Monument to the Battle of the Nations is a monument in Leipzig, Germany, to the 1813 Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations. Paid for mostly by donations and the city of Leipzig, it was completed in 1913 for the 100th anniversary of the battle at a cost of six million goldmarks.

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The Apel-stones, named after the writer Theodor Apel from Leipzig who commissioned them, mark important events during the Battle of Leipzig. There are 50 in total. They were sculpted by A. F. Aster, and put up between 1861 and 1865.

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The Park an der Etzoldsche Sandgrube is a park in the southeast of Leipzig with a memorial to the University Church of St. Pauli, which was blown up in 1968. On city maps, you will also find the designations Freizeitpark Südost and Freundschaftspark.

Wikipedia: Park an der Etzoldschen Sandgrube (DE)