Winckelmann Memorial
                                                          
                             
                            
                             
                             Winckelmann Memorial
                                                          
surrounded by lights in winter
                                                          
                             
                                                      
                            
                            
                         
                        
                                                        
Description
                                                        Under big trees, the Winckelmann Memorial was built in the year 1859. It commemorates of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, the famous son of our city. He is the founder of scientific archaeology and history of art. Born in 1717 as son of a poor shoemaker, he travelled across southern Europe and made his way into the Vatican. He became responsible overseer of Vatican antiquities.