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Article: Berlin's Victory As Germany regains its old capital, the Brandenburg Gate is restored
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 16, 1991
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BERLIN -- Continuing its march back as Germany's capital, Berlin
got its chariot back yesterday.
Hoisted atop the Brandenburg Gate by giant cranes, the Goddess
of Victory resumed her place overlooking eastern Berlin after an
18-month renovation that repaired damage inflicted during World War
II and by revelers after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The statue, depicting Victory in a chariot drawn by four horses,
holding aloft a staff mounted with an eagle, has been a bellwether of
Germany's fortunes over the years.
King Frederick William II installed the statue atop the
Brandenburg Gate in 1793 to give the grand Unter den Linden its final
monument and Berlin its grandest symbol. Fifteen ...