Atop the gate stands a quadriga, a roman chariot drawn by four horses, driven by Victoria, the roman goddess of Victory. From 1814 until 1919 only the royal family as well as members of the aristocratic Pfuel Family were allowed to travel through the centre archway, leaving the two outermost passages for the citizenry.ĭesigned and built in the neo-classical style by Prussian builder and architect Carl Gotthard Langhans, the triumphal arch was completed in 1791, its design recalling the Propylaea (The gateway to the Acropolis in Athens). The Brandburger Tor consists of 12 paired columns creating five archways. The Brandenburger Tor is situated on Pariser Platz on the intersection of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße and is arguably Berlin's, if not Germany's, best known and most visited landmark.Ĭommissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia to represent peace, the gate marked the entrance to Unter den Linden, Berlin's famous boulevard which used to lead from the city gate to the Prussian city palace.
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