One of Germany's most important monuments - and a leading example of the Wilhelmine school of architecture - is the imposing Battle of the Nations Monument, the Volkerschlachtdenkmal.
The largest war memorial in Europe, it was completed in 1913 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of the Nations in Leipzig in 1813.
On this battlefield, nearly 600,000 soldiers clashed in the largest battle in Europe prior to World War I. Napoleon's army was decisively defeated and forced to retreat to France, eventually leading to his exile to Elba the following year.
