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Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor)
Pariser Platz, the intersection of Unter den Linden and EbertstrasseBerlin, Germany
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The only remaining gate of a series through which one formerly entered Berlin, the gate is the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees which formerly led directly to the city palace of the Prussian monarchs.
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- It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791.
- The Gate's design is based upon the Propylaea, the gateway to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
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