Brandenburg Gate
Landmark
The gate in Berlin that stood for a divided city, and then for a united one.
The Brandenburg Gate was finished in 1791 as a grand entrance to Berlin. It is 26 metres high. On top stands a chariot with four horses, driven by the goddess of victory.
From 1961 to 1989 the Berlin Wall ran right past it, and nobody could walk through. When the wall came down, thousands of people celebrated here. Since then the gate has been the symbol of Germany becoming one country again.
- high
- 26 m
- finished
- 1791
- years shut off by the wall
- 28
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Napoleon took the chariot and horses to Paris as a prize in 1806. Eight years later they were brought back.
- 2
The gate has twelve columns, with five passages between them.
- 3
The middle passage was once for the king alone.
Question 1 of 2
What stood right beside the gate from 1961 to 1989?
- RhineFrom the Swiss Alps to the North Sea: the busiest river in Europe.
- Wadden SeaA sea you can walk across twice a day.
- Wieliczka Salt MineA mine in Poland where salt was dug for seven hundred years, with a church carved out of salt.
- VaalserbergThe highest point of the Netherlands, where three countries meet.
It is in Germany.
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