The Brandenburg Gate is a must for every visitor to Berlin. Hardly any other sight is on so many tourist selfies as the great sandstone gate in the heart of the city.
Berlin owes the Brandenburg Gate to King Frederick William II, who had commissioned the great sandstone gate to have a dignified conclusion of the magnificent boulevard Unter den Linden. The gate is one of the largest and most beautiful buildings of classicism. It was built between 1788 and 1791 according to designs by Carl Gotthard Langhans the Elder, who was strongly inspired by the Propylaea of the Athenian Acropolis. Two years after the Brandenburg Gate was completed, the Quadriga, a chariot pulled by four horses, was placed on the roof of the gate.
The Quadriga was placed on the Brandenburg Gate by Johann Gottfried Schadow in 1793. The sculpture shows a two-wheeled chariot pulled by four horses running side by side. The reins are held by Victoria, the goddess of victory. The quadriga was meant to symbolize peace entering the city.
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