A worker cleans the Brandenburg Gate after a paint attack by climate activists of the so-called "Last Generation" in Berlin, Germany, on Sept. 18, 2023.

The Brandenburg Gate was commissioned by Prussian Emperor Frederick William II in the late 1700s and was Berlin's first Greek revival building. At 85-feet high and 215-feet long, it was built to ...

When Germany rejected his request for the Brandenburg Gate in 2008, Obama spoke instead at the nearby Victory Column in adjacent Tiergarten Park -- and drew more than 200,000 people.

Berlin 's Brandenburg Gate will have to be cleaned at greater effort and expense than initially thought after climate activists sprayed orange paint on the German capital's signature landmark ...