The most representative and the greatest symbol of Berlin has a very fascinating history. Built in 1791, the Brandenburg Gate has the model made after the Acropola from Athens. But what this monument has interesting is the Quadriga statue of the top, created by sculptor Gottfried Schadow.The statue represent  goddess of peace, Victoria, in a battle chariot pulled by four horses. This construction is the only which remains  from the other sculptures. Brandenburg Gate is recognized in Berlin and its history because of the great events which someday took place here.During the war, since 1806, France took the great sculpture and returned it after France lost the war.  Even if after 1950 it was affected, rebuilt for many times and the Berlin Wall took its place, the Brandenburg Gate Triumphal Arch remains as a symbol of the Cold War.
Nowadays, tourism here is very attractive, Brandenburg Gate’s structure has never been  considered so important from years.However, we could just say that the Brandenburg Gate was a Doric version of a Roman Triumphal Arch .That’s the reason why Berlin city is so attractive . Tourists came here every year to see not just this sculpture because there are many buildings, museums, precisely things which surely travellers want it to discover.

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