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in March 1920. The restoration work was carried out on site under the direction of Kurt Kluge. For this purpose, the quadriga was encased in a wooden structure. Berliners spoke of the "highest horse stable in Berlin", but regardless of the weather, the work could be carried out in the dry without any
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family, from 1814 to 1919. The Kaiser granted this honour to the family in gratitude to Ernst von Pfuel, who had overseen the return of the quadriga to the top of the gate. In addition, the central archway was also used by the coaches of ambassadors on the single occasion of their presenting their
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used fire extinguishers to spray paint the Brandenburg Gate's columns orange. The Last Generation is known for their unorthodox protest tactics, including gluing themselves to roads to block traffic. The mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, condemned the tactics, saying they "go beyond legitimate forms of
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or "Festival of Freedom" on the evening of 9 November 2009. The high point of the celebrations was when over 1000 colourfully designed foam domino tiles, each over 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) tall, were lined up along the route of the former wall through the city centre. The domino "wall" was
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On 21 September 1956, the East Berlin magistrates decided to restore the only surviving but damaged former city gate. Despite heated arguments and mutual accusations, both parts of Berlin worked together on the restoration. The holes were patched, but were visible for many years. The quadriga was
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and was one of the damaged structures still standing in the Pariser Platz ruins in 1945 (another being the Academy of Fine Arts). The gate was badly damaged with holes in the columns from bullets and nearby explosions. One horse's head from the original quadriga survived, and is today kept in the
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On 13 August 2011, Germany marked the 50th anniversary of the day the Berlin Wall began construction with a memorial service and a minute of silence in memory of those who died trying to flee to the West. "It is our shared responsibility to keep the memory alive and to pass it on to the coming
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The Brandenburg Gate was privately refurbished on 21 December 2000, at a cost of €6 million. It was once again opened on 3 October 2002 following extensive refurbishment, for the 12th anniversary of German reunification. On this occasion, the Berlin office of Kardorff Ingenieure developed a new
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ascended to power, they used the gate as a party symbol. As part of Berlin's transformation into the so-called "world capital Germania", the gate was located on the east–west axis. A seven-kilometer-long section between the Brandenburg Gate and Adolf-Hitler-Platz (today
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occurred and the wall was demolished, the gate symbolized freedom and the desire to unify the city of Berlin. Thousands of people gathered at the wall to celebrate its fall on 9 November 1989. On 22 December 1989, the Brandenburg Gate border crossing was reopened when
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of the gate mostly, but not entirely, follows Greek precedents, which had recently become much better understood by the publication of careful illustrated records. The Greek Doric does not have bases to the columns, and the fluting here follows the Greek style for
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protest." The mayor went on to say, "With these actions, this group is not only damaging the historic Brandenburg Gate, but also our free discourse about the important issues of our time and future." Berlin police detained 14 people connected to the vandalism.
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avenue to the west, is also one of the large public areas in Berlin where over a million people can gather to watch stage shows or party together, watch major sport events shown on huge screens, or see fireworks at midnight on New Year's Eve. After winning the
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Willmuth Arenhövel, Rolf Bothe (Hrsg.): Das Brandenburger Tor 1791–1991. Eine Monographie. Mit Beiträgen von Laurenz Demps, Sibylle Einholz, Dominik Bartmann u. a. 2. verb. Auflage. Willmuth Arenhövel Verlag für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Berlin 1991, ISBN
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around 1670 and its inclusion in Berlin's city fortifications, a first gate was built on the site, approximately at the level of today's Schadowstraße, consisting of a breach through the raised wall and a drawbridge over the dug moat.
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After 1900, due to weathering and environmental damage, smaller and larger pieces of stone began to fall from the gate. Comprehensive renovation work began in 1913, which had to be interrupted by the outbreak of
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General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev,
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delay. The numerous sandstone reliefs were restored and partially renovated under the artistic direction of Wilhelm Wandschneider, who remodeled one of the centaur metopes with a different motif.
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The quadriga faces east, as it did when it was originally installed in 1793. Only the royal family was allowed to pass through the central archway, as well as members of the
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had been very complete, but almost fatality-free, so the name seemed justified. Frederick William II had restored his brother-in-law to power in the Netherlands. But the
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was in his early forties when he came to the throne in 1786. He was determined to establish his capital of Berlin as a cultural centre. The military triumphs of his uncle
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The central portion is flanked by L-shaped wings on either side, at a lower height, but using the same Doric order. Next to, and parallel with, the gate these are open "
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completely recreated based on a plaster cast from 1942; the reconstruction was carried out by the sculptor Otto Schnitzer and the traditional foundry Hermann Noack in
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On 2–3 October 1990, the Brandenburg Gate was the scene of the official ceremony to mark the reunification of Germany. At the stroke of midnight on 3 October, the
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On the night of 5 January 2015, the lights illuminating the gate were completely shut off in protest against a protest held by far-right anti-Islamic group
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said. German Chancellor Angela Merkel—who grew up behind the wall in Germany's communist eastern part—also attended the commemoration. German President
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had led to further significant damage, particularly to the quadriga. Indeed, the gate was used as a firing position by government troops during both the
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for the new role of the Brandenburg Gate as a Prussian triumphal arch. The goddess, now definitely Victoria, was equipped with the Prussian eagle and
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columns, six to each side, forming five passageways. There are also walls between the pairs of columns at front and back, decorated with classicizing
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that is plain apart from wide steps at the sides receding in both directions, leading, on the east side only, to a large allegorical relief of the
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An early 19th-century engraving comparing the recently constructed Brandenburg Gate to (an imagined restoration of) its historical model: the
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generations as a reminder to stand up for freedom and democracy to ensure that such injustice may never happen again," Berlin Mayor
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The side wings have plain metopes, and simple angled roofs, ending in gable pediments with a small circular relief in the tympanum.
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added, "It has been shown once again: Freedom is invincible at the end. No wall can permanently withstand the desire for freedom."
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at the then newly opened Brandenburg Gate. In the concluding choral movement of the symphony, the "Ode to Joy", the word
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sent the Dutch royal couple into exile in 1795, the first of many political upheavals throughout the gate's history.
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spoke to the West Berlin populace at the Brandenburg Gate, demanding the razing of the Berlin Wall. Addressing the
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visited the Brandenburg Gate. The Soviets hung large red banners across it to prevent him looking into East Berlin.
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The Brandenburg Gate has played different political roles in German history. After the 1806 Prussian defeat at the
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The Brandenburg Gate is now again closed to vehicle traffic, and much of the Pariser Platz has been turned into a
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inner-city park. The gate also forms the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, which leads directly to the former
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spoke at the Gate about nuclear arms reduction and the recently revealed U.S. internet surveillance activities.
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a power that could not be ignored in European politics, but Berlin lacked the monuments and cultural life of
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Vehicles and pedestrians could travel freely through the gate until the day after construction began on the
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and a century before today's Brandenburg Gate was constructed, Berlin was a small walled city within a
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Throughout its existence, the Brandenburg Gate was often a site for major historical events. After
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On 25 December 1989, less than two months after the Berlin Wall began to come down, the conductor
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lighting concept that emphasises the gate as the most important building on the Pariser Platz.
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In the 1980s, decrying the existence of two German states and two Berlins, West Berlin mayor
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in Potsdam. The gate was the first element of a "new Athens on the river Spree" by Langhans.
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After Germany's surrender at the end of the war, the Brandenburg Gate was located in the
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The Brandenburg Gate became the main venue for the 20th-anniversary celebrations of the
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began while construction was underway, and only a few years after it was completed, the
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and others were kept away from the gate, which they could view only from this distance.
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flew from a flagpole atop the gate from 1945 until 1957, when it was replaced by an
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in 1990, it has been considered not only a symbol of the tumultuous histories of
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said: "The German Question is open as long as the Brandenburg Gate is closed."
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The Great War Diaries: Breathtaking Colour Photographs from a World Torn Apart
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The Brandenburg Gate is located in the western part of the city centre within
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Soviet troops raising the Red Banner on the quadriga after the fall of Berlin
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With the expansion of Dorotheenstadt to the west and the construction of the
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With the Pariser Platz in 2005, following restoration and pedestrianization
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between the flutes, and rounded ends to the top and bottom of flutes. The
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View without the quadriga, 1813. It was restored after Napoleon's defeat.
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Frederick William II summoned new German architects to Berlin, including
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Floor plan of the Brandenburg Gate in its original (reconstructed) state
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The central portion of the gate draws from the tradition of the Roman
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noted that the gate was not illuminated in Russian colours after the
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standard with a crowned Imperial eagle perched on top, rather than a
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The new (current) Brandenburg Gate in 1796, following reconstruction
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spoke at the Brandenburg Gate about peace in post–Cold War Europe.
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The old Brandenburg Gate in a 1764 engraving, 30 years before its
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Anti-islamization rally in Germany met with countrywide protests
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Illuminations for expressions of solidarity of the German people
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as part of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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and was not completed until 1926. Meanwhile, the events of the
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In February 2022, the gate was lit up with the colours of the
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This article is about the gate in Berlin. For other uses, see
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facilitated the growth of the city. With the construction of
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fighting men. Statues in niches at the furthest side wall of
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to the east, while to the immediate west it opens onto the
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from the original on 6 November 2021 – via YouTube.
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Index

Brandenburg Gate (disambiguation)

Pariser Platz
Neoclassical
Berlin
Coordinates
52°30′59″N 13°22′40″E / 52.5163°N 13.3777°E / 52.5163; 13.3777
Carl Gotthard Langhans
[ˈbʁandn̩ˌbʊʁɡɐˈtoːɐ̯]

neoclassical
Berlin
city gate
Brandenburg an der Havel
Margraviate of Brandenburg
Frederick William II
Prussia
Carl Gotthard Langhans
quadriga
Johann Gottfried Schadow
Mitte
Unter den Linden
Ebertstraße
Pariser Platz
Platz des 18. März
Straße des 17. Juni
Reichstag building
Bundestag
Tiergarten
City Palace

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