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Brandenburg Gate

Proper noun

Meaning

Brandenburg Gate

An 18th-century neoclassical monument in Berlin, built after the restoration of order during the early Batavian Revolution, and now a major landmark.

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Examples

A high point was when over 1,000 colourfully designed foam domino tiles, each over convert tall, that were stacked along the former route of the Wall in the city center were toppled in stages, converging in front of the Brandenburg Gate. Source: Internet

By the mid-1860s direct taxation had made the customs wall redundant, and so in 1866–7 most of it was demolished along with all the city gates except two – the Brandenburg Gate and the Potsdam Gate. Source: Internet

Passers-by stand in front of the Christmas tree and the Brandenburg Gate underneath Christmas illumination in Berlin, Germany, 29 November 2020. Source: Internet

Kollhoff Tower Unter den Linden is a tree-lined east–west avenue from the Brandenburg Gate to the site of the former Berliner Stadtschloss, and was once Berlin's premier promenade. Source: Internet

The Brandenburg Gate was visible in the distance, down Unter Dem Linden, a wide, tree-lined boulevard. Source: Internet

Berlin was treated the surreal spectacle of the Brandenburg Gate once again serving to demarcate two Germanys. Source: Internet

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