The Hermannsdenkmal consists simply of a 20-m high monopteros pedestal, topped off with a cupola on which the huge statue is mounted. The staircase with viewing platform was only added in 1909 for th 1900-year commemoration of the Varusschlacht (Varian disaster)
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