The Crypt (Krypta) is the symbolic grave of the 90,000 to 120,000 victims of the Battle of the Nations. On each of the eight pillars are huge death masks guarded by a pair of Totenwächter in the form of knights with bowed heads and resting on large shields. The sculptor Franz Metner was inspired by pillars from Thebe in Egypt.
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