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Markomanne by Hans Scherpe, Neue Burg or New Castle, Vienna, Austria #134478819
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Pictured is one of twenty statues on the fa̮̤ade of the Neue Burg or New Castle, part of the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria. The statues were erected between 1895 and 1901 after a plan by the art historian, Albert Ilg. The Markomanne or Marcomannus was a Germanic tribe in the Danube region in the 2nd century AD, the oldest known inhabitants of the region.