The granite bowl in Lustgarten

The granite bowl in Lustgarten (sometimes a vase, German: Granitschale im Lustgarten) – a piece of sculpture known as one of the wonders of the world of the Biedermeier era, has become a recognized masterpiece of technical thought of its time. A bowl of granite weighing almost 75 tons was installed under the open sky in Berlin Lustgarten in 1831 and is the largest bowl made of solid stone. It is owned by the German Historical Museum. In Berlin, the granite bowl received the nickname “Soup Bowl”.n In 1934, the bowl that prevented the Nazis from marching was moved north of the Berlin Cathedral, and Lustgarten was tiled. During World War II, the bowl was damaged by grenades. In 1981, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Schinkel, they decided to return the granite bowl to its historic place, but it shattered during transportation. The cup was collected, but the seam could not be completely hidden. During the restoration of Lustgarten, held in 1997-1999, the pedestal of a bowl of gray granite from granite was replaced with reddish granite from France.