Nazi Party Rally Grounds – Congress Hall Inspired by the Colosseum in Rome
Nazi Party Rally Grounds – Congress Hall
Bayernstraße 110,90478 Nürnberg
CONSTRUCTION YEAR: 1935
SPACE TYPE: Propaganda place
PRESERVATION STATUS: Abandoned
The Nazi party rally grounds covered about 11 square kilometres in the southeast of Nuremberg, Germany. Six Nazi party rallies were held there between 1933 and 1938.
The Congress Hall was planned by the Nuremberg architects Ludwig and Franz Ruff, build from 1935, but unfinished. The building is mostly built out of clinker with a facade of granite panels. The design (especially the outer facade, among other features) is inspired by the Colosseum in Rome.
For more information click here or read more here about the major of Nuremberg, who wants to renovate it.
Brigitta Fiesel
- born in 1969 - Interior Designer (Dipl.-Ing.) - Mentor at www.linsenkunst.de - more photographic work on www.brigittafiesel.de
