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The Brandenburg Gate is located in the western part of the city centre within Mitte, at the junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße. The gate dominates the Pariser Platz to the east, while to the immediate west it opens onto the Platz des 18. März beyond which the Straße des 17. Juni begins.
May 5, 2024 · Brandenburg Gate, the only remaining town gate of Berlin, Germany, standing at the western end of the avenue Unter den Linden. It has served as a symbol of both the division of Germany and the country’s reunification and is one of Berlin’s most-visited landmarks.
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The Brandenburg Gate is located in the center of Berlin on Pariser Platz ("Parisian Square"), one of the most beautiful squares in the city. The magnificent boulevard Unter den Linden leads directly to the square, which is lined with numerous noteworthy buildings such as the luxury hotel Adlon Kempinski, the University of the Arts, and the US ...
- the Reichstag – the German Bundestag.
- Unter den Linden boulevard.
- the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.
- the Victory Column (Siegessäule)
- October 1806: Napoleon steals a statue. Napoleon's Strategic Genius. Built between 1788 and 1791 by Prussian King Frederick William II as a key entry point to the city of Berlin, Brandenburg Gate was topped off with a statue known as the “Quadriga,” which depicted a statue of the goddess of victory driving a chariot pulled by four horses.
- January 1933: Hitler comes to power. Adolf Hitler. After a meteoric rise to power at the head of his Nazi Party and a power struggle with German President Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler was appointed to the position of chancellor on January 30, 1933.
- June 1963: “I am a Berliner” Almost two years after the Berlin Wall was erected, John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most famous addresses of his presidency to a crowd of more than 120,000 gathered outside West Berlin’s city hall, not far from the Brandenburg Gate.
- June 1987: The line that almost didn’t happen. Ronald Reagan had visited Berlin once before in his presidency, in June 1982, when he addressed West German dignitaries and a crowd outside the city’s Charlottenburg Palace, affirming America’s support for the city of Berlin and its people.
The Brandenburg Gate, (Brandenburger Tor in German) is a former city gate to Berlin, as well as a major symbol of the capital city. Designed in 1791 close to the Pariser Platz, in the center of Berlin, it is one of the most renowned monuments of Berlin.
The Brandenburg Gate is a famous landmark in Berlin built between 1788 and 1791 which once served as a city gateway. Commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia it stood in the entrance to boulevard Unter den Linden, which led to the city palace.
