November  
2009

Vol 9 - No. 5


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IMAGE OF THE MONTH


Brandenburg Gate

BEFORE  Berlin Wall... 

Completed in 1791, the Brandenburg Gate is the only one of 18 original city gates still standing. Carl G. Langhans (1732-1808), 
who built the gate, modeled it after the propylaeum of the Athenian Acropolis. On top was the "Quadriga of Victory," 
a statue of a chariot drawn by four horses. Heavily damaged in WWII, the gate was restored in 1957-58. 


And AFTER...



From 1961 to 1989 the Berlin Wall shut off access to it to both East and West; the gate was reopened in 1989 with the reunification of East and West Berlin.

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