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Brandenburg Gate
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Brandenburg Gate

The only remaining town gate of Berlin, it is located at the western end of the avenue Unter den Linden. Carl G. Langhans (1732–1808), who built the gate (1789–93), modeled it after the propylaeum of the Athenian Acropolis. On top was the “Quadriga of Victory,” a statue of a chariot drawn by four horses. Heavily damaged in World War II, the gate was restored in 1957–58. From 1961 to 1989 the Berlin Wall shut off access to it for both eastern and western Germans; the gate was reopened in 1989 with the reunification of East and West Berlin.
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During your stay, you could visit Checkpoint Charlie (which was once the border crossing point between East and West Berlin and there is an interesting museum here), the East Side Gallery (there is still part of the famous Berlin Wall left which you can see today and it is adorned with work from artists) and the famous Brandenberg Gate.
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