The Brandenburger Tor / the Brandenburg Gate and also Pariser Platz

So the Brandenburger  Tor that big huge historical, amazing thing in the very middle of the city of Berlin, is one of the must see's of the city, and you can tell this by the amount of people who are there in front of it taken as many photos as they possibly can of this amazing symbol of Berlin,


It is located at either the end of the start of the long stretch of road called Unter den Linden as is situated  on area of Pariser Platz which has the American and French Embassy surrounding them also the famous hotel Adlon Hotel and is surrounded by many other things. Tours can also start from this area as well, either walking ones, ones by buses, or by horse and carriage and even bikes, which is also  another reason why it can seem so busy.

There is also an S Bahn and U Bahn trains that leave and arrive from here to wherever you need to go as well as buses.

Which was actually in the middle of the death zone when the Berlin wall went up and barricades where up so no one was allowed to go near it you could still see it and take pictures but from far away.

The Brandenburger Tor also has signs of battle wounds from WWII when Berlin was under attack not just by bombs but also when the Allies and the Soviets started to enter the city, so there are many bullet holes and also shrapnel holes on the poles that are holding it all up.

The gate was a military symbolism of the Prussians who had actually built it or rebuilt it around the 18th Century, the gate itself was designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans 1788 to 1791  and is designed as a Neoclassical style of building and was commissioned by King Frederick Wilhelm II as a symbol of peace  .

Brandenburg Gate is modelled on the Propylaeum of Athens’ Acropolis. On both sides, there are six Doric columns supporting the 11 meter-deep transverse beam, which divide the gate into five passages (Taken from the Visit Berlin Site). This statue which at one point had the symbol of peace on it was actually stolen by Napoleon who had taken it back to France with him and kept  it until his defeat and then it was returned back to Berlin and ended up being redesigned and replaced with Victoria and the staff that she was holding had the Iron Cross on it which was the symbol of Prussia military at the time, it had also at the end of wwii had the iron cross removed because it was also used in Nazi Germany as medals.

this gate has of course been used as a symbol for many things throughout the years the most notable of those being in Nazi Germany were it became the symbol of the party and had donned the Nazi flag, and the party lead by Hitler had also marched through it.

Like I have said before this is a very amazing landmark of Berlin :), I visited it so many times

Here are just a few pictures of this magnificent landmark and symbol of Berlin