When the Berlin Wall went up in 1961, the Gate stood in an exclusion zone in an arc of the Wall, inaccessible for locals and visitors alike. In 1946, with the post-war division of Germany and Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate was in the Soviet sector. In 1814, after Napoleon’s forced abdication, the Quadriga was returned to Berlin where it once again adorned the Brandenburg Gate, facing towards the east and the city centre. In 1806, when Napoleon’s army took Berlin, the French Emperor had the Quadriga transported to Paris as war booty and a sign of his victory. This statue also has its own story to tell. In 1793, the gate was crowned by the Quadriga statue, designed by Johann Gottfried Schadow. The Brandenburg Gate is 26 metres high, 65.5 metres long and 11 metres deep, and supported by two rows of six Doric columns.
Designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans, architect to the Prussian court, it was inspired by the monumental gateway at the entrance to the Acropolis in Athens. Brandenburg Gate in Spring © gettyimages, Foto: sborisovĬonstructed between 17, the Brandenburg Gate was Berlin’s first Greek revival building.
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