Brandenburg Gate

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landmark monument tourist attraction triumphal arch

The Brandenburg Gate is an iconic 18th-century monument in Berlin and one of Germany’s most recognizable symbols of history and national unity.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Brandenburg Gate canonical	54
Quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate	3
Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)	1
Brandenburg Gate (walking distance)	1
Brandenburger Tor	1
Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landmark ⓘ monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ triumphal arch ⓘ
architect	Carl Gotthard Langhans ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
carTraffic	closed to regular motor traffic ⓘ
constructionEnd	1791 ⓘ
constructionStart	1788 ⓘ
coordinates	52.5163°N 13.3777°E ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
depicts	Quadriga with goddess of victory ⓘ
faces	Unter den Linden ⓘ
hasSculpture	Brandenburg Gate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate
height	approximately 26 meters ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument in Germany ⓘ
historicalEvent	Napoleon took the Quadriga to Paris in 1806 ⓘ Quadriga returned to Berlin in 1814 ⓘ became a symbol of divided Berlin during the Berlin Wall era ⓘ damaged during World War II ⓘ officially reopened on 22 December 1989 ⓘ site of celebrations after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 ⓘ stood in the exclusion zone between East and West Berlin during the Cold War ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1791 ⓘ
lighting	illuminated at night ⓘ
locatedIn	Berlin ⓘ Berlin ⓘ surface form: Berlin city center Mitte ⓘ Pariser Platz ⓘ
locatedOn	Unter den Linden ⓘ
material	sandstone ⓘ
near	Pariser Platz embassies ⓘ Reichstag building ⓘ Tiergarten ⓘ U.S. Embassy Berlin ⓘ
numberOfColumns	12 ⓘ
numberOfPassageways	5 ⓘ
originalFunction	city gate ⓘ
owner	State of Berlin ⓘ
partOf	former Berlin Customs Wall ⓘ
pedestrianZone	yes ⓘ
renovation	extensive restoration completed in 2002 ⓘ
sculptorOfQuadriga	Johann Gottfried Schadow ⓘ
symbolOf	Berlin ⓘ German unity ⓘ Germany ⓘ peace ⓘ
usedFor	political demonstrations ⓘ public events and celebrations ⓘ
visitorAttraction	millions of visitors per year ⓘ
width	approximately 65 meters ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neoclassical architecture → hasNotableExample → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

MemorialToTheMurderedJewsOfEurope → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Berlin → hasLandmark → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Brandenburg Gate → hasSculpture → Brandenburg Gate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate

East Berlin → hadLandmark → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Unter den Linden → terminusWest → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Unter den Linden → hasLandmark → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Unter den Linden → hasNotableView → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Mitte → contains → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Reichstag building → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Potsdamer Platz → near → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Campus Mitte → near → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Mitte, Berlin → contains → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Berlin TV Tower (Fernsehturm) → panoramicViewOf → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

subject surface form: Berlin TV Tower

Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region → hasCulturalAttraction → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Kroll Opera House, Berlin → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Quadriga award → namedAfter → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quadriga on the Brandenburg Gate

Kroll Opera House → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Brandenburg Gate (Potsdam) → differentFrom → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)

U.S. Embassy Berlin → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

U.S. Embassy Berlin → overlooks → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Napoleon took the Quadriga to Paris in 1806 → significantObject → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate

Napoleon took the Quadriga to Paris in 1806 → significantPlace → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

State of Berlin → containsLandmark → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Pariser Platz → locatedNextTo → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Pariser Platz → adjacentTo → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Pariser Platz → hasView → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Academy of Arts in Berlin → nearby → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Tiergarten → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Auswärtiges Amt building, Berlin → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Under the Linden Trees → connects → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

subject surface form: Unter den Linden

Under the Linden Trees → hasLandmark → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

subject surface form: Unter den Linden

Russian Embassy in Berlin → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Hotel Adlon Kempinski → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Hotel Adlon Kempinski → hasViewOf → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Bebelplatz → near → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Johann Gottfried Schadow → notableWork → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate

Unter den Linden U-Bahn station → nearbyLandmark → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Brandenburger Tor S-Bahn station → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Sony Center → near → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Kollhoff Tower → hasViewOf → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Berlin-Mitte locality → contains → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Potsdamer Platz station → nearbyAttraction → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brandenburg Gate (walking distance)

Leipziger Platz → hasNearbyLandmark → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Holocaust Memorial → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

German Historical Museum → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

Berlin’s historic boulevard Unter den Linden → startingPoint → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

subject surface form: Unter den Linden

Berlin’s historic boulevard Unter den Linden → westernTerminus → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

subject surface form: Unter den Linden

Berlin’s historic boulevard Unter den Linden → hasLandmark → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ

subject surface form: Unter den Linden

DZ Bank building → locatedNear → Brandenburg Gate ⓘ