The Beatles - Hamburg, Germany
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N 53° 32.996 E 009° 57.437
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The Beatles are honored in the Hamburg neighborhood where the band's carreer began.
Waymark Code: WMJXV3
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Date Posted: 01/13/2014
Views: 40
Located in a plaza named after the Beatles, "Beatles-Platz", is this group of four silhouette sculptures of the Beatles. Wikipedia's article (
visit link) on the Plaza explains:
"The Beatles-Platz (German: Beatles Square/Plaza) is a plaza in the St. Pauli quarter in Hamburg, Germany, at the crossroads of Reeperbahn and Große Freiheit. It is circular, with a diameter of 29 metres (95 ft) and paved black to make it look like a vinyl record. Surrounding the place are five statues, representing The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Stuart Sutcliffe, George Harrison, and a hybrid of drummers Pete Best and Ringo Starr each of whom played with The Beatles at times during their Hamburg engagements.
Beatles-Platz plaza was built to commemorate Hamburg's importance in The Beatles' history. The draft design was by architects Dohse & Stich during a common tendering. Building the project cost about €500,000 and was split among donations, sponsors and the city of Hamburg."
Unfortunately the artist's name is not presented. Note that the poster of this Waymark did not notice the sculpture representing the "Fifth" Beatle.