But after Napoleon was defeated, the Quadriga was returned to Berlin.Ĥ. 1806 – that's when the Quadriga (the sculpture of the horse-drawn chariot on the top of the Gate) was stolen by Napoleon’s soldiers and taken back to France as a victory trophy.
The Propylaeum of Athens’ Acropolis – that's what the gate was modelled on.ģ. The Gate was erected not as a political symbol, but instead for a rather more simple reason – to mark the end of the boulevard Unter den Linden.Ģ. August 6th 1791 – that's when the Gate was opened, after having been commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm II. Here are a few facts that you probably didn’t know about the Brandenburg Gate.ġ. “Today, people from all over the world link the Brandenburg Gate with freedom, tolerance and cosmopolitanism”, a Senate spokesperson told Berliner Kurier.īut there is far more to the famous landmark than initially meets the eye. Photo: DPAĭespite being heavily damaged in the Second World War, the Gate has withstood the test of time. On the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Wall, the word “Frieden” (“peace”) was projected onto the Gate. Not only is it “a symbol of the German-German divide”, but it also “stands for the reunification” of East and West Germany in 1990, Tänzler went on to add. Rejoicing Berliners gathered at the Gate to celebrate the fall of the Wall.
It holds great “symbolic value” for Germany, Christian Tänzler, a spokesperson from Berlin's tourism website, told The Local. The Gate has now come to represent German unity and freedom since the end of the Cold War and divided country.
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