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A segment in the garden of Argentina's foreign ministry, given by the Berlin Senate for the tenth anniversary of the opening.
A segment stands in a garden inside the Palacio San Martín, the ceremonial headquarters of Argentina's foreign ministry. Access follows the building rather than the object: this is a working diplomatic site, opened to the public only for guided visits.
The ministry's own page for the piece adds that the fragment comes from Marzahn, in East Berlin, and was presented on 10 November 1999, the tenth anniversary of the opening; the plaque says it shows the friendship between the two countries and reminds Argentines that freedom, democracy and human rights are never secure unless citizens strive to defend them. The ministry names the German government as giver; the listings and a 2019 BBC Mundo report name the Berlin Senate, and both readings are kept here.
How did it get here?
Donated by the Berlin Senate for the tenth anniversary of the fall of the Wall, presented as an expression of German-Argentine friendship.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #239 and by the Berlin Wall Archive as #66.
Buenos Aires, RA – Foreign Ministry — The Wall Net ↗
A segment in the garden of the San Martín Palace, donated by the Berlin Senate for the tenth anniversary.
General referenceSource accessed 2026-09-17
Muro de Berlín en la Cancillería — Museo de la Diplomacia Argentina ↗
The foreign ministry's own page: a fragment from Marzahn, in East Berlin, presented by the German government on 10 November 1999 (the tenth anniversary of the opening) and standing in the Palacio San Martín; the plaque speaks of friendship between the two countries.
Institutional sourceSource accessed 2026-09-17
El Muro de Berlín en Cancillería: un símbolo de la libertad y la democracia ↗
Perfil, October 2022: the fragment came from Marzahn and was given on the tenth anniversary of the fall; the plaque reads that it shows the friendship between the Federal Republic and Argentina; it is shown at the Museum of Diplomacy.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
30 años de la caída del Muro de Berlín: el extraño destino de algunos de sus trozos (BBC Mundo, republished by El Universal) ↗
Describes the fragment in a garden of the Palacio San Martín as given by the Berlin Senate in 1999.
Press reportSource accessed 2026-09-17
Federal Foundation — Berlin Wall worldwide ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 239
Berlin Wall Archive ↗
The source lists this place as a Berlin Wall location. Coordinates, where supplied, are source-reported and may represent a general area. This is not independent verification of authenticity, current presence, or public access.
Inventory listingSource accessed 2026-09-17 · Source record 66
Source-reported segments: 1. This is not a separately verified count.
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