Pariser Platz (Berlin, Germany) : Overall view looking down at a line of taxis (now closed to traffic); French Embassy at right, Kennedy Museum at left
- Creator:
- Gerlach, Philipp, 1679-1748
- Published/Created:
- end of the Unter den Linden, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
1732-1734 - Physical Description:
- 1.5 ha (area)
- Date Depicted:
- 4/30/2009
- Notes:
- Pariser Platz is a square in the center of Berlin, situated by the Brandenburg Gate at the end of the Unter den Linden. Created under Friedrich Wilhelm I, until 1814 the square was known simply as Quarrée or Viereck (the Square). The square is named in honor of the anti-Napoleon Allies' occupation of Paris in March 1814. Before World War II, Pariser Platz was the grandest square in Berlin, flanked by the American and French embassies, the finest hotel (the Adlon Hotel), the Academy of the Arts, and several blocks of apartments and offices. After World War II, the only structure still standing was the Brandenburg Gate. When the city was reunited in 1990, there was broad consensus that the Pariser Platz should be made into a fine urban space again. It is now a pedestrian space, closed to vehicular traffic.
- Variant Titles:
- Quarrée
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Germany -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Nineteenth century
- Culture:
- German
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-G-B-BP-A02
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
gardens (AAT)
open spaces: squares (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- open spaces; gardens; open spaces; squares (open spaces)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
4/30/2009 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10901204
- PID:
- digcoll:1810931