The path of the is an art project at the southern end of the Friedrichstrasse in Berlin, in the proximity of the Mehringplatzes (formerly bark Alliance place). It consists of in three-rows in the soil let in boards with intelligent statements of famous personalities of 27 European countries.

All 25 European Union member countries, in addition the entry candidates Romania and Bulgaria are represented. On each plate the saying of a large statesman, poet or a writer of the appropriate country is contained. Only Belgium is represented with a quotation of Julius (see below). Some of the sense sayings are rather abstractly, others again graphic.

Developing history

The project is led an initiative of the association "„world of art "“, from the artist Bonger Voges. The suggestions were submitted of the countries involved by the messages and evaluated by a jury, which consisted of citizens of Berlin politicians and prominent ones. The construction costses of 200.000 euro brought private sponsors up. The object is to contribute the little to growing together Europe and also to it, frequented southern end of the Friedrichstrasse to make more well-known. The official inauguration of the art object found to 7. May 2006 instead of.

Up to the inauguration of the object three years passed. A problem consisted of finding only a suitable material for the protection of the plates since these should be durably accessible. Finally one found a special laminated glass, which is so stable that even a 12-Tonnen delivery van can drive over it.

Shortly still lamps are to be built into the plates, so that visitors can read the texts also at night.

The sense sayings

Belgium:. .von all Galliern are the Belger the most courageous"… (Julius Caesar)

Bulgaria:. .die time is in us and we is in the time during it us changes, changes we it also. (Vassil Levski)

Denmark: I am only one messenger; one sent me on a long journey that I, it to the people legend gives hope on the world. (Karen Tania Blixen)

Germany: It acts always in such a way that the maxim of your will can be considered at any time at the same time as principle of a general legislation. (Immanuel Kant)

Estonia: The state purchases only once, the liberty however must you each day fight for. (Lennart Meri)

Finland: Completely freely moves that, which no fear of loss binds. (Sylvi Kekkonen)

France: One sees good only with the heart. The substantial is invisible for the eyes. (Antoine de Saint Exupery)

Greece: One can rise not twice into the same river. (Heraklit)

Great Britain: If I saw further as other one, then only, because I stood on the shoulder of giants. (Sir Isaac Newton)

Ireland: I feel as member in a language chain. The language of my ancestors was richly, ground-based, poetically, strongly. I would not like to think that I am the omitted member. (Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill)

Italy: Fraternity between all peoples of Europe and with Europe for the fraternity of all humans. (Giuseppe Mazzini)

Latvia: The other one understand - understand themselves; understand themselves - the world understand. (Janis Plieksans Rainis)

Lithuania: We do not need a victory. We need peace and general understanding of peace. (Professor Vytautas Landsbergis)

Luxembourg: The nations, whose proximity humans need, are not a temporary feature of history. But they may never make more history at expense of Europe. (Dr. h. C. Jean-Claude Juncker)

Malta: We breathe also in order to understand. Temporary problems belong to our era, lasting to our nature. Answers produce questions. That makes our adventure a logical secret, for a smile of God, an invitation, to long itself for more. (Olive Friggieri)

The Netherlands: Peace is not absence of war. Peace is a virtue, an attitude of mind, an inclination to the quality, confidence and justice. (Baruch de Spinoza)

Austria: The truth is reasonable humans. (Inge-borrow brook man)

Poland: A people, who loses its memory, loses also his conscience. (Zbigniew Herbert)

Portugal: We are all short-sighted, excluded inward. Only our dream eyes do not need eyeglasses. (Fernando Pessoa)

Romania: Draw like God, instructs like a king, work like a slave. (Constantin

Sweden: Freely think is largely, correctly think is larger. (Thomas Thorild)

Slowakei: The future of Europe exists not in the separatism, but in a reasonable division of labor. The mutual economic entwinement of the entire European continent should be a matter of course (...) (Milan Hodza)

Slovenia: All peoples, those live longing wait on the day that under this sun the world to the old controversy renounce! Freely then everyone, not enemy, is only neighbour more from now on! (France Pre"šeren)

Spain: The travel to stranger of countries and handling with strange peoples sharpens the understanding. (Miguel de Cervantes)

Tschechien: Who searches, one expects. Who waits, only one finds. (Jaroslav Seifert)

Hungary: Because thinking is so difficult, one rather judges. Mrai)

Cyprus: '' LIVES - does not take it loses one of its sections, isolated one of its sentences, as a whole '' (Kostas Mondis)

Sources:

The DAILY MIRROR, Sunday, 7. May 2006

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• The association "“world of art"”

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