EditorialHead of a roaring lion. Detail from the Procession Avenue leading to the Ishtar gate, built by King Nebuchadnezzar (605-562 BCE). Glazed tiles.
EditorialGermany. Berlin. Brandenburg Gate, built between 1788 and 1791 by Carl Langhans in classical style. Crowned by the Quadriga of Victory (1793). It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia.