Germany - Brandenburg Gate

About the Landmark

Brandenburg Gate (1791, Langhans), in spite of the WALL symbol of an opencity. The Quadriga (by Schadow) was captured by Napolean, exhibited in theLouvre and brought back after the victory over Napoleon.Although it was heavily damaged in the Second World War the molds werestill at the Noack foundry in former West Berlin, and so, that which waslost could be reproduced. GDR officials removed the Prussian eagle from thescepter of the Goddess of Peace.

About the People and Cars

George Lutz was the only one in Germany that went the the Brandenburg gate. His Corrado is stock, except of an YAMEX Air filter, the 'lip' above the (euro)-stock-headlight's from Kamai (The wheels were an factory option). Oh, and his Corrado is a 2861cc (2.9l) 190hp VR6.

Georg J. Lutz
e-mail: georgl@berlin.snafu.de
URL: http://www.inx.de/~georgl/

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