Two pedestrians descend the escalator to the Akazienweg U-Bahn station in Cologne-Bickendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, while the golden boulder in the background appears to balance precariously on its steel girder above the station exit. The inscription below it, "Ianva Ivdicii", is Latin for "Gate of Judgement". Cologne sculptor Heinrich Brummack created the artwork, the "Gate with the Golden Stone", in 1989. In the vernacular, it is known as the "Fare-Dodger's Monument". Bicycles are parked along the railing, and parked cars line Venloer Straße. The inscriptions reflect Germany's ong

Two pedestrians descend the escalator to the Akazienweg U-Bahn station in Cologne-Bickendorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, while the golden boulder in the background appears to balance precariously on its steel girder above the station exit. The inscription below it, "Ianva Ivdicii", is Latin for "Gate of Judgement". Cologne sculptor Heinrich Brummack created the artwork, the "Gate with the Golden Stone", in 1989. In the vernacular, it is known as the "Fare-Dodger's Monument". Bicycles are parked along the railing, and parked cars line Venloer Straße. The inscriptions reflect Germany's ong Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Georg Berg

Image ID:

3EECK09

File size:

140 MB (5.6 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

8079 x 6059 px | 68.4 x 51.3 cm | 26.9 x 20.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

14 October 2025

Location:

Venloer Straße, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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The Gate with the Golden Stone is a work of art by Heinrich Brummack. A golden stone balances menacingly on a steel girder above the exit of the Akazienweg underground station. The Latin inscription ‘Ianva Ivdicii’ translates as ‘The Gate of Judgement’. In Cologne vernacular, the artwork is known as the ‘Monument to the Fare-Dodger’. Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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