Quadriga statue, Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany

Bronze statue of a quadriga, a chariot pulled by 4 horses, with the goddess Victoria with the Prussian eagle and Iron Cross on her lance, by Johann Gottfried Schadow, on top of the Brandenburg Gate or Brandenburger Tor at night, 18th century, a neoclassical triumphal arch marking one of the old city gates of Berlin, at the end of Unter den Linden, Berlin, Germany. Below the sculpture is a frieze with scenes of Greek mythology. The gate was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans 1788-91. It stood inaccessible next to the Berlin Wall during Germany's Partition and was restored 2000-02 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Picture No

13429158

Media ID

45113659

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5616px x 3744px (3.1MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen