Brandenburg Gate - Quadriga in Berlin Tiergarten
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is located on Pariser Platz in the Dorotheenstadt neighbourhood of Mitte (Mitte district). It was erected between 1788 and 1791 by Carl Gotthard Langhans on the orders of the Prussian King Frederick William II and is a well-known landmark and national symbol, with which many important events in the history of Berlin, Germany, Europe and the world of the 20th century are associated. The building is in the early classicist style.
The Brandenburg Gate marked the border between East and West Berlin and thus the border between the Warsaw Pact countries and NATO. It was a symbol of the Cold War until the reunification of Germany and became a symbol of the reunification of Germany and Europe after 1990.
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Silva Wischeropp was born in the Hanseatic city of Wismar in the former GDR. Today she lives and works in Berlin. As a passionate travel..
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