Landmark
Brandenburg Gate
Photo via TripAdvisor (Vicent_Mestre)勃兰登堡门是一座宏伟的新古典主义凯旋门,矗立于柏林市中心。它建于18世纪末,最初是一座城门,标志着从柏林通往勃兰登堡镇的道路起点。门顶上是胜利女神维多利亚驾驶的四马战车雕像,, 四马战车。几个世纪以来,这座门见证了德国历史上的许多关键时刻,从拿破仑的军队穿行而过,到冷战时期作为分裂的象征,再到后来的统一。如今,它是必游的地标,尤其在夜晚灯光下令人叹为观止。游客可以穿过大门,欣赏其精美的砂岩浮雕,并反思其历史意义。周围的巴黎广场是一个热闹的广场,遍布咖啡馆和大使馆,是欣赏大门宏伟气势的绝佳地点。
不容错过
- 穿过大门,欣赏顶上的四马战车雕像。
- 夜晚参观,大门会被美丽的灯光照亮。
- 探索大门前的巴黎广场。
- 参观大门内的静默之室,进行安静的反思。
- 寻找附近地面上标记柏林墙原址的鹅卵石线条。
门票与旅行团
游览Brandenburg Gate的方式
您可以自行游览Brandenburg Gate。跟团游值得参加,以了解背后的故事、解决交通问题,或一日内串联附近景点。
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- The gate is closed to vehicle traffic and much of Pariser Platz is a cobblestone pedestrian area.
- The quadriga faces east toward the historic city center, as it did when first installed.
- The Reichstag is one block north, while Tiergarten begins to the west beyond Platz des 18. März.
- The Berlin Wall ran directly beside the gate from 1961 until the crossing reopened in December 1989.
历史一瞥
A smaller Baroque gate preceded the present monument on the road to Brandenburg an der Havel. Frederick William II sought to make Berlin a stronger cultural capital and appointed Langhans, whose gate opened to traffic in 1791 as the Peace Gate. Napoleon used it for a triumphal procession after defeating Prussia in 1806 and removed the quadriga to Paris. Prussian forces returned the sculpture after Napoleon's defeat in 1814, and Karl Friedrich Schinkel adapted its emblems to make the gate a Prussian triumphal arch. The structure later witnessed revolutionary violence, Nazi political use, and wartime destruction. It remained standing in the ruins of Pariser Platz in 1945, though columns and the quadriga were badly damaged. East and West Berlin cooperated on restoration from 1956 to 1957, recreating the quadriga from a surviving plaster cast. When the Berlin Wall was built in August 1961, it passed directly beside the western side and closed the gate to ordinary movement. The monument became an image of the divided city. Crowds celebrated nearby as the wall fell in November 1989. On 22 December, the crossing reopened when West German chancellor Helmut Kohl walked through to meet East German prime minister Hans Modrow. The wall around it was removed, Germany reunified in 1990, and the restored gate became a pedestrian monument and major public gathering place.
常见问题
When was the Brandenburg Gate built?
Carl Gotthard Langhans designed the present gate for Frederick William II, and it was built from 1788 to 1791.
What inspired its design?
Its Greek Revival form draws on the Propylaea, the monumental gateway to the Acropolis in Athens.
What is the sculpture on top?
Johann Gottfried Schadow's quadriga is a four-horse chariot whose goddess figure changed in meaning from peace to Prussian victory.
What happened to the gate during the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall passed directly beside it, closing the gateway from August 1961 until the crossing reopened on 22 December 1989.
Did the quadriga always remain in Berlin?
No. Napoleon took it to Paris after Prussia's 1806 defeat, and it returned after Napoleon was defeated in 1814.
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