Beautiful Germany Picture 149: Berlin, Brandenburg Gate
Michel P 254, Issued 29 December 1934
Special Postal Card for 1934-35 Winterhilfswerk-Lotterie (Winter Charity Lottery).
The Brandenburg Gate (Brandenburger Tor) is the only remaining town gate of Berlin. Located at the west end of the avenue Vnter den Linden, it was built in 1788-91 by Carl Langhans after the model of the Propylaea in Athens. As Berlin’s arch of triumph, it was surmounted by the famous “Quadriga of Victory,” a statue of a chariot drawn by four horses. The entire structure was heavily damaged during World War II, but the gate was restored in the late 1950s and the statue recast from the original molds.