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The
Brandenburg Gate (German:
Brandenburger Tor) is a former city
gate and one of the main symbols of
Berlin and Germany. It is located
west of the city center at the
junction of Unter den Linden and
Ebertstraße, immediately west of the
Pariser Platz. It is the only
remaining gate of a series through
which Berlin was once entered. One
block to the north stands the
Reichstag building. The gate is the
monumental entry to Unter den
Linden, the renowned boulevard of
linden trees which formerly led
directly to the city palace of the
Prussian monarchs. It was
commissioned by King Frederick
William II of Prussia as a sign of
peace and built by Carl Gotthard
Langhans from 1788 to 1791. The
Brandenburg Gate was restored from
2000 to 2002 by the Stiftung
Denkmalschutz Berlin (Berlin
Monument Conservation Foundation).
Today,
it is considered one of Europe's
most famous landmarks.Brandenburg
Gate became the main venue for the
20th anniversary celebrations of the
fall of the Berlin Wall or "Festival
of Freedom" on the evening of 9
November 2009. The high point of the
celebrations was when over 1000
colorfully designed foam domino
tiles, each over 2.5 meters tall,
were lined up along the route of the
former wall through the city center.
The domino "wall" was then toppled
in stages converging here
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