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The only remaining gate in Berlin is also it's symbol. located for many years behind the Wall, symbol of a divided Berlin. After the fall of the Wall, the Gate was reopened on December 22, 1989.
A sandstone construction with 12 doric columns, five passageways (closed for cars) and crowned with a Quadriga and Goddess of Victory looking at the city center.
My first impression when I saw this monument : Woow – so small – thaught it was bigger but than the guide told me that the Brandenburg Gate was surrounded by further buildings which were destroyed in the war. Leave a Comment Directions: S-Bahn: Unter den Linden, Bus 100
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 Brandenburger Tor by fipsi
The quadriga with Eirene, the god of peace, was erected in 1793. After the French victory over Prussia Napoleon let it move to Paris. As the French lost a battle in 1813 it one year later came back to its origin. Eirene was reinterpreted and now the statue is seen as Victoria, the god of victory. The quadriga was destroyed in World War II, the only relict is a horse-head, now to be seen in the Märkisches Museum. In 1958 a new quadriga moved to the top of the historic gate. Leave a Comment Directions: S-Bahn: Unter den Linden, Bus 100
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 Brandenburger Tor by alza
So, you must see the Brandenburg Gate and I'm sure everyone who goes to Berlin ends up seeing it. It's like the culmination of a long-expected moment when you get there, and it's really great. There's an atomosphere of festivity all around Berlin, people there seem to enjoy being out in every public square or garden and just hanging out together.
The square is called Pariser Platz and we had a great time there, taking photos, listening to street musicians, getting the facts about the Brandenburg Gate. The flea market there is fun. The American guide told us an amazing story about the old Quadriga (the chariot over the Gate) being replaced by a new, different Quadriga after WWII but I read that the new one comes from the original molds. Not knowing who to believe, I leave it to you.
Overall, Pariser Platz is not architecturally impressive but its size is. The Brandenburger Tor certainly is overwhelming.
I lost the guided tour right here, as I was trying to tip the barrel-organ guy. Didn't mind that much since the American guide had asked our group for help with some languages during his tour, and refused my offer for French translation, because "you people in Québec don't really speak the REAL French." How endearing, the fellow. :-) Leave a Comment Directions: S-Bahn: Unter den Linden, Bus 100
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 No cellphones, no
xenophobia... by Kakapo2
While in the area, we joked about the opening hours of this cool room. Sure, you should be in front of Reichstag first thing in the morning, so you do not spend the whole day in the queue of visitors of the crystal dome. But after queuing you should not be too exhausted as the Room of Silence will not be open yet. So walk past it, and visit the Holocaust Memorial. Walk slowly enough, so you do not reach the Memorial’s museum before 10am – as it does not open before that time. Stay about one hour, then slowly walk back to Brandenburger Tor, turn your mobile phone off, have a deep breath – the Raum der Stille is open now… ;-)
There is more thought behind the creation of the room than just silence. It invites people of all colours, races and origin, and finally it is an appeal for tolerance and peaceful spirit, against violence and xenophobia. Directions: U-Bahn U 55, station Brandenburger Tor, U 2 Mohrenstraße, U 6 Franzosenstraße S-Bahn Unter den Linden
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 Reliefs adorn the panels
between the pillars. by Kakapo2
Some of the reliefs depict Hercules’s achievements.
On both sides of the Gate were guardhouses for customs and taxes. When they were not needed for this purpose anymore, they were opened up into open halls, held by pillars. In those gate-houses you find sculptures of the gods Mars and Minerva.
The Gate is crowned by the Quadriga, a two-wheeled chariot drawn by four horses and driven by the goddess of victory.
It is the only surviving of originally five city gates.
Click here for my tip about the history of Brandenburger Tor. Directions: U-Bahn U 55, station Brandenburger Tor, U 2 Mohrenstraße, U 6 Franzosenstraße S-Bahn Unter den Linden
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At the east side of the landmark Branderburger gate you will find the "Pariser Platz", builded already in 1735 but completely destroyed during the liberation of the City in 1945.
The whole area was rebuilded conform a copy and you will find two remarkable buildings before visiting the Brandenburger Gate itself
- The Akademie der Kunste ( academie of arts)
- Hotel Adlon (already for more than 100 years ago a luxery hotel visited by rich and famous people) The restaurant must be excellent - Michael Jackson knows everything about this hotel because this is the place, pictured by the international press, where he is intending to throw his own young child out of the window. Maybe the Paranoia flag on the Academy next to the hotel made him paranoia. Leave a Comment Directions: S-Bahn: Unter den Linden, Bus 100
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 "The Quadriga" by pili
In 1806 when Napoleon passed beneath this gate as conqueror of Prussia, he ordered that this triumphal chariot should be sent to Paris to adorn one of his own arches of triumph there. But after Napoleon's downfall the Prussians brought it back to Berlin and restored the Goddess of Victory to her throne on the Brandenburg Gate.-
En la cima de la Puerta de Brandenburgo hay una escultura conocida como "Cuadriga". En 1806, cuando Napolén pasó triunfante por debajo de la puerta, como conquistador de Prussia, el ordenó llevar la cuádriga a Paris para adornar uno de sus arcos de triunfo. Pero, luego que Napoleón fuera derrotado por los prusianos, fue llevada nuevamente a Berlín, restaurada y vuelta a colocar en la cima de la Puerta". Leave a Comment Directions: S-Bahn: Unter den Linden, Bus 100
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 Brandenburg Gate by pili
Construído en el Siglo XVIII como la puerta de entrada a la ciudad del Reino Prusiano, esta imponente y bella estructura ha devenido como el máximo símbolo de la división y reunificación de Alemania. Este es un excelente punto de partida para una caminata en la parte este de la ciudad, por la famosa Avenida debajo de los Tilos Leave a Comment Directions: S-Bahn: Unter den Linden, Bus 100
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 by chancayLeave a Comment Directions: S-Bahn: Unter den Linden, Bus 100
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Once there were 14 gates in a fortification surrounding Berlin. Only one gate was kept. It was constructed in 1791 under the order of king of Prussia Fridrich-Wilhelm II on the sample Athenian propileys. During two centuries it was a witnesses of many historical events. After erection of the Berlin wall the gate which appeared in East Berlin, became a symbol Germany division. Directions: S-Bahn: Unter den Linden, Bus 100
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