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</style><table class="infobox vevent" style="width: 22em; line-height: 1.4em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold;">Lessing Monument</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="infobox-caption">The monument in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Artist</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="Otto_Lessing_(sculptor)" title="Otto Lessing (sculptor)">Otto Lessing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><span style="display:none"><a href="Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">
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<p>The <b>Lessing Monument</b> (German: <b>Lessing-Denkmal</b>) is a monument in the <a href="Neo_Baroque" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo Baroque">Neo-Baroque</a> style, and dedicated to <a href="Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing" title="Gotthold Ephraim Lessing">Gotthold Ephraim Lessing</a> by <a href="Otto_Lessing_(sculptor)" title="Otto Lessing (sculptor)">Otto Lessing</a>, installed at <a href="Tiergarten_(park)" title="Tiergarten (park)">Tiergarten</a> in <a href="Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany.
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<ul><li><a href="List_of_works_by_Otto_Lessing" title="List of works by Otto Lessing">List of works by Otto Lessing</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span> Media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Genius_of_Humanity_(Monument_to_Lessing)" class="extiw external" title="commons:Category:Genius of Humanity (Monument to Lessing)">Genius of Humanity (Monument to Lessing)</a> at Wikimedia Commons</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Memorial_to_Homosexuals_Persecuted_Under_Nazism" title="Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism">Homosexuals persecuted under Fascism</a></li>
<li><a href="Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe" title="Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe">The murdered Jews of Europe</a></li>
<li><a href="Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Members_of_the_Reichstag" title="Memorial to the Murdered Members of the Reichstag">Murdered members of the Reichstag</a></li>
<li><a href="Memorial_to_Polish_Soldiers_and_German_Anti-Fascists" title="Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists">Polish soldiers and German anti-Fascists</a></li>
<li><a href="Memorial_to_the_Sinti_and_Roma_Victims_of_National_Socialism" title="Memorial to the Sinti and Roma Victims of National Socialism">Sinti and Roma victims</a></li>
<li>Soviet war memorials
<ul><li><a href="Soviet_War_Memorial_(Sch%C3%B6nholzer_Heide)" title="Soviet War Memorial (Schönholzer Heide)">Schönholzer Heide</a></li>
<li><a href="Soviet_War_Memorial_(Tiergarten)" title="Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten)">Tiergarten</a></li>
<li><a href="Soviet_War_Memorial_(Treptower_Park)" title="Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park)">Treptower Park</a></li></ul></li>
<li><i><a href="Trains_to_Life_%E2%80%93_Trains_to_Death" title="Trains to Life – Trains to Death">Trains to Life – Trains to Death</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Memorial_to_the_Victims_of_National_Socialist_'Euthanasia'_Killings" title="Memorial to the Victims of National Socialist 'Euthanasia' Killings">Victims of "euthanasia" killings</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; font-weight: normal">Berlin Wall</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Freedom_Memorial" title="Freedom Memorial">Freedom Memorial</a> (removed)</li>
<li><a href="Gedenkst%C3%A4tte_Berliner_Mauer" title="Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer">Gedenkstätte Berliner Mauer</a></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Parliament_of_Trees" title="The Parliament of Trees">The Parliament of Trees</a></i></li>
<li><a href="White_Crosses" title="White Crosses">White Crosses</a></li></ul>
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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div id="Other_works118" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other works</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Arc_de_124%2C5%C2%B0" title="Arc de 124,5°">Arc de 124,5°</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Berlin_(sculpture)" title="Berlin (sculpture)">Berlin</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Bogenspannerin" title="Bogenspannerin">Bogenspannerin</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Borghese_Gladiators" title="Borghese Gladiators">Borghese Gladiators</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Boxers_(sculpture)" title="The Boxers (sculpture)">The Boxers</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Drachenbrunnen" title="Drachenbrunnen">Drachenbrunnen</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Indischer_Brunnen" title="Indischer Brunnen">Indischer Brunnen</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Klingende_Blume" title="Klingende Blume">Klingende Blume</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Lebensalter" title="Lebensalter">Lebensalter</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Memoria_Urbana_Berlin" title="Memoria Urbana Berlin">Memoria Urbana Berlin</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Molecule_Man_(sculpture)" title="Molecule Man (sculpture)">Molecule Man</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Neptunbrunnen_(Berlin)" class="mw-redirect" title="Neptunbrunnen (Berlin)">Neptunbrunnen</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Siegess%C3%A4ulen" title="Siegessäulen">Siegessäulen</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Tilted_Donut_Wedge_with_Two_Balls" title="Tilted Donut Wedge with Two Balls">Tilted Donut Wedge with Two Balls</a></i></li></ul>
</div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; font-weight: normal"><a href="Museum_Island" title="Museum Island">Museum Island</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Amazone_zu_Pferde_(Kiss)" title="Amazone zu Pferde (Kiss)"><i>Amazone zu Pferde</i> (August Kiss)</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Centaur_and_Nymph" title="Centaur and Nymph">Centaur and Nymph</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Die_Humpty-Dumpty-Maschine_der_totalen_Zukunft" title="Die Humpty-Dumpty-Maschine der totalen Zukunft">Die Humpty-Dumpty-Maschine der totalen Zukunft</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Gerettet" title="Gerettet">Gerettet</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Hercules_and_the_Nemean_Lion_(Klein)" title="Hercules and the Nemean Lion (Klein)">Hercules and the Nemean Lion</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Hunne_zu_Pferde" title="Hunne zu Pferde">Hunne zu Pferde</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="L%C3%B6we_(sculpture)" title="Löwe (sculpture)">Löwe</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="L%C3%B6wenk%C3%A4mpfer" title="Löwenkämpfer">Löwenkämpfer</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Mercury_and_Psyche" title="Mercury and Psyche">Mercury and Psyche</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Prometheus_Bound_and_the_Oceanids" title="Prometheus Bound and the Oceanids">Prometheus Bound and the Oceanids</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="The_Sower_(Meunier)" title="The Sower (Meunier)">The Sower</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; font-weight: normal"><a href="Schlossbr%C3%BCcke" title="Schlossbrücke">Schlossbrücke</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Athena_Arms_the_Warrior" title="Athena Arms the Warrior">Athena Arms the Warrior</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Athena_Leads_the_Young_Warrior_into_the_Fight" title="Athena Leads the Young Warrior into the Fight">Athena Leads the Young Warrior into the Fight</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Athena_Protects_the_Young_Hero" title="Athena Protects the Young Hero">Athena Protects the Young Hero</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Athena_Teaches_the_Young_Man_How_to_Use_a_Weapon" title="Athena Teaches the Young Man How to Use a Weapon">Athena Teaches the Young Man How to Use a Weapon</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Iris_Takes_the_Fallen_Hero_to_Olympus" title="Iris Takes the Fallen Hero to Olympus">Iris Takes the Fallen Hero to Olympus</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Nike_Assists_the_Wounded_Warrior" title="Nike Assists the Wounded Warrior">Nike Assists the Wounded Warrior</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Nike_Crowns_the_Hero" title="Nike Crowns the Hero">Nike Crowns the Hero</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Nike_Instructs_the_Boy_in_Heroic_History" title="Nike Instructs the Boy in Heroic History">Nike Instructs the Boy in Heroic History</a></i></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: center; font-weight: normal"><a href="Tiergarten_(park)" title="Tiergarten (park)">Tiergarten</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><i><a href="Altgermanische_Wisentjagd" title="Altgermanische Wisentjagd">Altgermanische Wisentjagd</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Amazone_zu_Pferde_(Tuaillon)" title="Amazone zu Pferde (Tuaillon)"><i>Amazone zu Pferde</i> (Louis Tuaillon)</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Bison_(Siemering)" title="Bison (Siemering)">Bison</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Churf%C3%BCrstliche_Fuchsjagd" title="Churfürstliche Fuchsjagd">Churfürstliche Fuchsjagd</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Eberjagd_um_1500" title="Eberjagd um 1500">Eberjagd um 1500</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Hasenhatz_zur_Rokokozeit" title="Hasenhatz zur Rokokozeit">Hasenhatz zur Rokokozeit</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Hercules_and_the_Erymanthian_Boar" title="Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar">Hercules and the Erymanthian Boar</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Pony_und_Knappe" title="Pony und Knappe">Pony und Knappe</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Der_Rufer" title="Der Rufer">Der Rufer</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Volksgesang" title="Volksgesang">Volksgesang</a></i></li></ul>
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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div id="Related118" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Related</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="East_Side_Gallery" title="East Side Gallery">East Side Gallery</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Lapidarium_(Aceves)" title="Lapidarium (Aceves)">Lapidarium</a></i></li>
<li><a href="United_Buddy_Bears" title="United Buddy Bears">United Buddy Bears</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="The_Jews_(play)" title="The Jews (play)"><i>The Jews</i></a> (1754)</li>
<li><i><a href="Miss_Sara_Sampson" title="Miss Sara Sampson">Miss Sara Sampson</a></i> (1755)</li>
<li><i><a href="Minna_von_Barnhelm" title="Minna von Barnhelm">Minna von Barnhelm</a></i> (1767)</li>
<li><i><a href="Hamburg_Dramaturgy" title="Hamburg Dramaturgy">Hamburg Dramaturgy</a></i> (1767–69)</li>
<li><i><a href="Emilia_Galotti" title="Emilia Galotti">Emilia Galotti</a></i> (1772)</li>
<li><i><a href="Nathan_the_Wise" title="Nathan the Wise">Nathan the Wise</a></i> (1779)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Hamburg_National_Theatre" title="Hamburg National Theatre">Hamburg National Theatre</a></li>
<li><a href="Eva_K%C3%B6nig" title="Eva König">Eva König</a> (wife)</li>
<li><a href="Lessing_Theater" title="Lessing Theater">Lessing Theater</a></li></ul>
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