Galileo Sculpture, Sculpture

Galileo Sculpture

Berlin


In the middle of a pond is Mark Di Suvero's Galileo, an abstract jumble of rusted steel T-beams assembled into a gravity-defying sculpture.

Transportation

  • ubahn: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Platz, Potsdamer Platz
  • sbahn: Potsdamer Platz

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