The Brandenburg Gate has seen a great deal of momentous history during its more than two centuriThe Brandenburg Gate has seen a great deal of momentous history during its more than two centuries standing in the heart of Berlin . Napoleon led his troops in a victory parade through the gate in 1806 and brought the quadriga —the horse-drawn chariot crowning the gate—back to Paris as a war trophy. In the 20th century, the ruling Nazi party turned the neoclassic monument into a piece of architectural propaganda. After the fall of Berlin at the end of World War II, the gate remained, although badly damaged. And during the Cold War, the Berlin Wall stood only steps from the gate's western side. In 1989, after the wall was finally torn down, the Brandenburg Gate came to symbolize freedom and a unified Germany ... See more See less
