Brandenburg Gates (detail), Berlin by Sally E J Hunter The Brandenburg Gate/Brandenburger Tor is an
Brandenburg Gates (detail), Berlin by Sally E J Hunter The Brandenburg Gate/Brandenburger Tor is an 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, built on the orders of Prussian king Frederick William II after the (temporarily) successful restoration of order during the early Batavian Revolution. It was built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der Havel, which used to be capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg. The gate is the entry to Unter den Linden, the boulevard of linden trees, which led directly to the royal City Palace of the Prussian https://flic.kr/p/2h6Q29H -- source link
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