(Johann) Christian Gottlieb Cantian (23 June 1794,

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

- 11 April 1866) was a German stonemason and builder. His most notable achievement was the great granite bowl in Berlin's

Lustgarten The ' () is a park on Museum Island in central Berlin, near the site of the former () of which it was originally a part. At various times in its history, the park has been used as a parade ground, a place for mass rallies and a public park. The ...

, weighing about 75 tons, and producing the red granite base and portico of the

Berlin Victory Column The Victory Column (german: , from ''Sieg'' ‘victory’ + '' Säule'' ‘column’) is a monument in Berlin, Germany. Designed by Heinrich Strack after 1864 to commemorate the Prussian victory in the Second Schleswig War, by the time it was i ...

Bibliography

*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.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cantian, Christian Architects from Berlin Stonemasons 1794 births 1866 deaths