Brandenburg Gate
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- Late eighteenth-century city gate, Cold War border symbol, and post-1989 civic landmark.
- Use the Reichstag dome as the central metaphor: the public looks into parliament while the city looks back through history.
- At the Chancellery, compare scale, distance, and security with the promise of democratic openness nearby.
Late eighteenth-century city gate, Cold War border symbol, and post-1989 civic landmark.