More than any other German monument, the Brandenburg Gate has been exploited again and again for the politics of power its symbolism has been reinterpreted numerous times and it has been used and abused as a backdrop by countless political groups. That changed in 1989, when people from East and West crossed the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate to embrace each other. Here, East and West confronted each other, from either side of the Wall. Image: picture-alliance/G.Bratkeįollowing the Second World War, the gate stood at the place where two opposing political systems met.

That changed when Napoleon triumphantly entered the city through the gate after his victory over Prussia in 1806 - and took its Quadriga to Paris as a spoil of war. After the charioteer returned to Berlin in 1814, the Brandenburg Gate became a national symbol of triumph. Image: Gemeinfreiīuilt in 1793, the Brandenburg Gate received little attention at first. Delivery only takes a few days, so what are. But while everyone recognizes the Brandenburg Gate, hardly anyone knows much about it. This print of Berlin - Brandenburger tor can be ordered in different sizes, with or without a black wooden frame. Das Brandenburger Tor am Luisenplatz in Potsdam, nicht zu verwechseln mit dem gleichnamigen Wahrzeichen der Stadt Berlin am dortigen Pariser Platz, wurde 1770/71 von Carl von Gontard und Georg Christian Unger im Auftrag Friedrichs II.

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