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Brandenburg GateThe 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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Top attractions, apart from the football, include Checkpoint Charlie, the Norman Foster-designed Reichstag parliament building, Brandenburg Gate (left), sections of the Berlin Wall, and the memorial to Jewish victims of the Nazi era (below). We are likely to see them as paintings even if, like two of Majerus's most monumental works, they cover the facade of the Italian pavilion at the Venice Biennale or, more unexpectedly, drape entirely Berlin's Brandenburg Gate. Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit has offer to stage the event in front of the city's landmark Brandenburg Gate. |
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