Christian Gottlieb Cantian
(Johann) Christian Gottlieb Cantian (23 June 1794, Berlin - 11 April 1866) was a German stonemason and builder. His most notable achievement was the great granite bowl in Berlin's Lustgarten, weighing about 75 tons, and producing the red granite base and portico of the Berlin Victory Column.
Christian Gottlieb Cantian
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- Born
- 1794 · Berlin.
- Died
- 1866 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- master builder · stonemason · architect · general contractor
- Languages
- German
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(Johann) Christian Gottlieb Cantian (23 June 1794, Berlin - 11 April 1866) was a German stonemason and builder. His most notable achievement was the great granite bowl in Berlin's Lustgarten, weighing about 75 tons, and producing the red granite base and portico of the Berlin Victory Column.
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Christian Gottlieb Cantian is recorded as master builder, stonemason, architect and general contractor.
Grave of honor, Christian Gottlieb Cantian, Chausseestraße 126, Berlin-Mitte, Germany
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1794
Christian Gottlieb Cantian born at Berlin.
1866
Christian Gottlieb Cantian died at Berlin.
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- Sibylle Einholz: Die Große Granitschale im Lustgarten. Zur Bedeutung eines Berliner Solitärs. Hrsg. v. Geschichtsverein Berlin: Der Bär von Berlin. Jahrbuch des Vereins Geschichte für Berlin 1997, S. 49.
- Ludwig Scherhag: Der Steinmetz und sein Material. Natursteinarbeiten in Deutschland. Beispiel Berlin, hrsg. vom Bundesinnungsverband des Deutschen Steinmetz-, Stein- und Holzbildhauerhandwerks (Ausstellungskatalog). Ebner, Ulm 1978, S. 42.
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