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Classic - Proud to Be a Brandenburg!
Angela Brandenburg
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      Brandenburg Coat of Arms
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      The Brandenburg Gate consists of twelve Doric columns, six to each side, forming five passageways.
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      The Gate was the first "Athens on the River Spree" by architect Karl Gotthard von Langhans.
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      On June 12, 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan spoke to the West Berlin populace at the Brandenburg Gate.
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      When the Revolutions of 1989 occurred and the Berlin Wall collapsed, the Gate symbolized freedom and the desire to unify the City of Berlin.
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      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.
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      Atop the gate is the Quadriga, a chariot drawn by four horses driven by Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory.
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      Reagan said, “ if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Tear down this wall!"
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      My next wish!
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      The Gate's design is based upon the Propylaea, the gateway to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
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