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Brandenburg Gate

By Carl Gotthard Langhans, Heinrich Strack, built 1791, Greek Revival architecture.

Architect
Carl Gotthard Langhans, Heinrich Strack
Built
1791
Style
Greek Revival architecture
Materials
sandstone
Height
26 m

The Brandenburg Gate is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, Germany. One of the best-known landmarks of the country, it was erected on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to Brandenburg an der Havel, the former capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. The current structure was built from 1788 to 1791 by orders of King Frederick William II of Prussia, based on designs by the royal architect Carl Gotthard Langhans. The bronze sculpture of the quadriga crowning the gate is a work by the sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow.

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