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Brandenburg Gate

Brandenburg Gate in Berlin

This imposing structure builts in 1791 has endured several symbolic reincarnations. Intended by its architect Carl Gotthard Langhans to be a symbol of peace, the winged victory goddess and 4-horse chariot posing on the top of the gate were added a couple of years later, turning it into a monument to Prussian might. The goddess and her steeds had a short stint in Paris until Napoleon came along and swiped them in 1806. Political groups from various ideological corners hijacked the pliable Brandenburg Gate as the backdrop for their rallies and processions until 1961 when the wall was built thus sealing off in no-man's-land. In 1989, after the dissolution of the border, the area was reopened to the public. Today, traffic passes freely under the gate and the surrounding plaza is dotted with stalls. Enterprising scammers sell all sorts of military souvenirs and hunks of Berlin Wall concrete, mostly of dubious authenticity. If the Berlin Wall was ever reconstructed from the fragments sold to tourists it could probably enclose the whole of Germany.



 

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