Pariser Platz is a square in the historic center of Berlin, Germany, situated by the Brandenburg Gate at the end of the Unter den Linden. The square is named after the French capital of Paris to commemorate the anti-Napoleon Allies' victory at the Battle of Paris (1814), and is one of the main focal points of the city.
Pariser Platz with the Brandenburg Gate
Entry of Napoleon into Berlin by Charles Meynier depicting Napoleon in Pariser Platz, 1806
The Brandenburg Gate in 1871 with decorations and victorious Prussian troops after the Franco-Prussian War
Pariser Platz in June 1945
Mitte is a central section of Berlin, Germany, in the eponymous borough of Mitte. Until 2001, it was itself an autonomous district.
Panoramic view
Brandenburg Gate
Fernsehturm
Rotes Rathaus