First thing to see when you visit Berlin, | Vlog 20 |Germany

History of brandenburg gate- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzrJhuQIAJU
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The Reichstag building was designed as a home to the parliament of the German Empire. It was opened in 1894. The original building's design was made by Paul Wallot. This building was built in Berlin, Germany.
It was building used by the parliament of the German Empire until 1918. The Parliament of the Weimar Republic, also called the Reichstag sat there until 1933 when it was burned down. The Third Reich had no parliament, so the building remained empty and derelict until after German reunification.
Then it became the seat of the German parliament again in 1999 after a reconstruction led by British architect Lord Norman Foster
Today's Parliament of Germany is called the Bundestag. The Reichstag as a parliament dates back to the Holy Roman Empire and ceased to act as a true parliament in the years of Nazi Germany (1933-1945). In today's usage, the German term Reichstag refers to the building, while the term Bundestag refers to the institution.
Here are a few facts that you probably didn't know about the Brandenburg Gate.

1. August 6th, 1791 - that's when the Gate was opened, after having been commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm II. The Gate was erected not as a political symbol, but instead for a rather more simple reason - to mark the end of the boulevard Unter den Linden.

2. The Propylaeum of Athens' Acropolis - that's what the gate was modeled on.

3. 1806 - that's when the Quadriga (the sculpture of the horse-drawn chariot on the top of the Gate) was stolen by Napoleon's soldiers and taken back to France as a victory trophy. But after Napoleon was defeated, the Quadriga was returned to Berlin.

4. January 30th, 1933 - that's when the Nazis held a torchlit procession through the Gate to celebrate Hitler's seizure of power.

5. 1945 until 1957 - that's when the Soviet flag was flown on the top of the Gate. However, the flag was ripped down during the peaceful protests on June 17th, 1953, when demonstrators protested against the political and economic conditions in the GDR.

6. June 12th 1987 - that's when the then-US President Ronald Reagan made his rousing speech before the Gate, exclaiming, “As long as this gate is closed [...] it is not the German question alone that remains open, but the question of freedom for all mankind [...] Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”.

7. December 1989 - that's when the Gate was opened as a border crossing by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German Premier Hans Modrow.

8. 2000 until 2002 - that's when the Gate was renovated by Berlin's Foundation for the Protection of Monuments, costing a massive 6 million Euros.

9. 4000 - that's the number of counter-demonstrators who gathered to prevent 300 supporters of the anti-Islam group Pegida from marching from the city hall to the Gate on January 5th, 2015. In addition, all the lights at the Gate were switched off.
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