Berlin Monument
For my monument I am choosing to write about the Brandenburg Gate. I had seen pictures of it before coming to Berlin, but it was even cooler to see it in person. It is clearly a very popular site because it was extremely crowded there. I liked learning about the gate and I thought it was really interesting that the middle of the gate was reserved for only the king and queen to ride through and everyone else had to pass through the other two sides of the gate. The gate is very tall and on top of it is a statue of a goddess figure being pulled on a chariot by lots of horses, the statue was meant to symbolize peace. This monument is important historically because it has been around since the eighteenth century and has been the site of many different historical events. It was there when Berlin was divided between west and east Berlin, and can symbolize the division but also the peace and unity that happened once the wall was torn down. The gate was also reconstructed many times...
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