Brandenburg Gate is Berlin's most famous landmark. A symbol of Berlin and German division during the Cold War, it is now a national symbol of peace

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The Brandenburg Gate is one of Berlin's most important monuments – a landmark and symbol all in one with over two hundred years of history. A former symbol of the divided city, it drew visitors who used to climb an observation platform in order to get a glimpse of the world behind the Iron Curtain, on the other side of the barren "death-strip" which separated East from West Berlin, geographically and politically

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Size: 6016px × 4016px
Location: Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany
Photo credit: © Brenda Kean / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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