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Street-by-Street: Around Bebelplatz WESTERN 1 Brandenburger
CENTRE
The section of Unter den Linden between Tor
Brandenburg Gate
Schloßbrücke and Friedrichstrasse is one of the
most attractive areas in central Berlin. As well as EASTERN Pariser Platz. Map 4 A2.  & 
Brandenburger Tor. @ 100. Museum:
some magnificent Baroque and Neo-Classical CENTRE Open 10am–6pm Tues–Sun.
buildings, many of them designed by famous
architects, there are also some restored palaces 8 . Zeughaus (Deutsches The Brandenburg Gate is the
that are now used as public buildings. Of particular Historisches Museum) Locator Map quintessential symbol of Berlin.
interest is the beautiful Baroque building of the Minerva, goddess of wisdom, See Street Finder maps 1, 4 & 5. A magnificent Neo-Classical
Zeughaus (the former Arsenal), which now houses decorates this beautiful structure, based on the entrance
to the Acropolis, it was built
the German History Museum. Baroque building,
which has a wing between 1788 and 1791, with its
designed by I M Pei. sculptured decorations added in
6 Humboldt University 1795. A pair of pavilions, once
Equestrian statue of King The university courtyard used by guards and customs
Friedrich II of Prussia teems with life all year
This monument was erected round. Second-hand book- officers, frames its powerful Doric
in 1851 to mark the 111th sellers set up their stalls in colonnade and entab lature. The
anniversary of Friedrich II’s front of the gate. bas-reliefs depict scenes from
ascension to the Prussian throne. Greek mythology and the whole
structure is crowned by Johann
Gottfried Schadow’s famous
sculpture, Quadriga. In 1806,
during the French occupation,
Napoleon had the sculpture
7 . Neue Wache dismantled and taken to Paris.
U
N
I Now serving as a memorial
to all victims of war and
V On its triumphal return in 1814, it
E was declared a symbol of victory,
dictatorship, this monument
R
S and the goddess received a staff
I was designed by Karl
Friedrich Schinkel. bearing the Prussian eagle and
0 metres 100 C T Ä T
an iron cross with a laurel wreath.
H
0 yards 100 A S S Throughout its history, the gate
has witnessed many of Berlin’s
R
T
R
important events. Located in
A
L O T
U N T E R D E N L I N D E N
T S S East Berlin, the gate was restored
E E between 1956 and 1958, when
N
S
T the damaged Quadriga was
R H I N T E R rebuilt in West Berlin. Over the
A
S Rotes next 40 years it watched over the
S
E Rathaus divided city, until 1989, when the
first section of the Berlin Wall fell.
D E R
5 Unter den BEBEL– K In 2016 a museum opened
Linden PL A TZ next to the gate, offering an
Replanted with four impressive multimedia excursion
rows of lime trees in A T H , K I R C H E through Berlin’s history.
1946, this is one of
the most famous
streets in Berlin.
Branden burg
Gate
Staatsoper Unter
den Linden
Altes Palais
Staatsbibliothek 4 St-Hedwigs-Kathedrale
Designed by Ernst von Ihne and Bas-reliefs (1837) by Kronprinzenpalais
constructed between 1903 and 1914, Key Theodore Wilhelm A magnificent portal from the
this impressive building houses part Achtermann adorn the dismantled Bauakademie building Frieze and sculpture, Quadriga, on the
of the State Library collection. Suggested route cathedral’s supports. can be found at the rear of the palace. Brandenburg Gate
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp492–3 and pp510–11
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