On a recent visit to Nuremberg, I was able to see the remains of some architectural elements that respond to Hitler's own megalomania and were of great importance during the Nazi era. It must be remembered that Nuremberg was the city chosen by Hitler to celebrate the great annual concentrations of the Nazi Party, which were attended by crowds of his affiliates and supporters.
The first of them is the Coliseum or Congress Palace of the Zeppelin field. A construction that was inspired by the Colosseum in Rome. It was intended to have a capacity for about 50,000 spectators. When the war broke out, its construction was interrupted. Today it houses the Documentation Center on the History of the Nazi Party Congresses.
Secondly, the remains of the stands and tribunes of the esplanade where the great parades of the Party took place. The gallery, from which Hitler delivered fiery speeches, was designed by A. Speer, the dictator's favorite architect. Today it is in a state of great abandonment and quite destroyed, as can be seen by comparing the two photographs taken this past week with the two historical ones.







The big debate the city of Nuremberg has faced is whether to keep and take care of these architectures or they must leave them abandoned or even make them disappear. There are conflicting opinions, for all tastes. In fact, it seems that a significant amount of money (provided by the City and the German Federal State) is going to be allocated for the conservation of these constructions.