Picture of Quadriga on top of Brandenburger Gate, Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

The Quadriga on top of the Brandenburger Tor

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Probably the best known symbol of Germany, Brandenburger Tor has symbolized both peace and war, division and unity.
At the end of the war, the Brandenburger Tor was badly damaged, and the Quadriga completely destroyed, except for the head of one of the horses (which now is in a museum). The gate was restored in the 1950s, but while the Berlin Wall divided the city, the Brandenburger Tor was completely inaccessible, as it was right in the death strip. I still remember standing in East Berlin and trying to get a view of West Berlin through the gate in 1986. Between 1961 and 1989, the Brandenburger Tor became symbol of the division of the city, but when the wall finally fell, it was once again opened and became symbol of unity - so much so, that the it is featured on several of the German Euro coins. While the gate was open to public before, now it is a pedestrian zone.
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