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A small fragment in a riverside memorial in a Uruguayan town founded by German immigrants and named for the city itself.
A fragment set into a public memorial with stones and plaques, in a town on the Uruguay river founded by German immigrants in the late nineteenth century and named after the city. It is among the smallest pieces in this catalogue — recorded at about 5 kg, against the 2.6 tonnes of a full element — and it is a useful corrective to the word “segment”, which is used in sources for anything from a complete 3.6 m panel to a chip in a gift shop bag.
A 2019 BBC Mundo report, republished in El Universal, also lists it, as a small piece known locally as la piedra del muro, installed in 1991.
How did it get here?
Donated to the town by the Uruguayan-German Chamber of Commerce in 1991.
Sources
Listed by the Federal Foundation as #244.
List of Berlin Wall segments — Wikipedia ↗
A 5 kg segment donated to Nuevo Berlín by the Uruguayan-German Chamber of Commerce in 1991.
General referenceSource 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) ↗
Reports a small piece, "la piedra del muro", installed in Nuevo Berlín, a town settled by German immigrants, in 1991.
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 244
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