"In 1987, the location of the legendary Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was found, where in AD 9, Hermann (Arminius), the leader of the Cherusci, defeated the Romans. A large ex-hibition park, with three pavilions and a -museum, has now been laid out on this 30 km2 site. The route taken by the Romans is marked by large iron plates; the winding paths through the forest used by the Germans are indicated by small pieces of wood; and the line of the German earth revetment is marked by iron stakes. Only a small section of the terrain was reconstructed. This lower-lying area is enclosed by sheet-steel piling. Together with the designers Ruedi Baur and Lars Müller, the architects conceived the three pavilions on a thematic basis – related to vision, hearing and questioning. The last of these creates a link to the present, with slits on one side allowing a view of the battlefield, while on the other side, video films provide information on modern warfare. Rising above everything is the almost 40-metre-high museum tower, which commands a view over the entire battlefield. The tower is penetrated by a cubic structure that contains the exhibition spaces. Steel is the dominant material used in this scheme. "