The Berlin Wall under construction in August Taken from Unter den Linden on the East side the photograph shows the Brandenburg Gate warning signs and a border post to the West of the gate The gate was built as part of the fiscal wall that was built around the core of Berlin in Although the gate is based on the Athenian Propylaea it is surmounted by a celebrated quadriga surmounted by Victoria the Roman godess of victory Despite dating from before the existence of a German state it has at various times been regarded as a symbol of Germany The celebrated trees had all been cut down for firewood in the war and replanted afterwards
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