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Brandenburg Gate Quadriga - Berlin Architecture Photography

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The Quadriga atop the Brandenburg Gate cuts against a clear Berlin sky — four horses mid-stride, driven by Victoria the goddess of victory, the assembly rendered in neoclassical copper turned green over two centuries. Built between 1788 and 1791 by Carl Gotthard Langhans, the gate served as the western entrance to Unter den Linden. The Quadriga was seized by Napoleon in 1806, returned in 1814, and survived both world wars only to stand for three decades in the divided city's no-man's land. A gate through which history passed in both directions.