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3 days ago · The Brandenburg Gate was one of 18 gates built around Berlin‘s city walls in the 18th century. However, its grand scale and ornate design set it apart. The monument measures 65.5 feet (20 meters) high, 62.5 feet (19 meters) wide, and 11 feet (3.5 meters) deep [4].
3 days ago · Alarmed by the flood of East Germans fleeing to the West through Berlin – over 2.6 million between 1949 and 1961 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev gave the green light for the East German government to close the border and halt the exodus. On August 13, 1961, Berliners woke up to find their city divided by a makeshift barbed wire barrier ...
5 days ago · On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan delivered a major speech on the Cold War with the Brandenburg Gate and the Berlin Wall as a back drop. Since the end of World War II, Berlin had been one of the main symbols of the Cold War. In staging this speech, President Reagan hoped to draw a parallel with the historic speech delivered in Berlin by ...
2 days ago · Why was the Berlin Wall built around West Berlin? What type of climate does Berlin have? Berlin is famous for what cultural institutions? Berlin is the capital of what country? Brandenburg Gate. The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin. Berlin, capital and chief urban centre of Germany.
2 days ago · Brandenburg Gate. Just a short distance from the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe stands the iconic Brandenburg Gate. This neoclassical monument has been a symbol of Berlin and German history, bearing witness to various historical events, from Napoleon’s conquest to being a part of the Berlin Wall and celebrating Germany’s reunification.
2 days ago · The most iconic landmark and attraction in Berlin, Brandenburg Gate, is just a short 600 metres (2 minute cycle) from the Holocaust Memorial.
2 days ago · 1. The Berlin Wall. 2. The Brandenburg Gate. 3. The Roof of the Reichstag Building. 4. The Holocaust Memorial. 5. Potsdamer Platz. 6. Museum Island. 7. Berlin Cathedral. 8. Alexanderplatz. 9. Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) 10. Olympiastadion Berlin. 11. Platform 17 Memorial (Gleis 17)
