06/06/2026
Why PARIS? 🇫🇷
🤔 Germany’s most famous square is named after a DIFFERENT European capital
🏛️ Why?
📜 Well, it used to be called “Quarré”
😅 A square named… “square”
🚪 It was one of three grand entrances to Berlin
👨🎨 All designed by architect Philipp Gerlach
🔷 The octagonal one was called “Octagon”, the round one “Rondell”, and the square one… well, “square”
⚔️ After Napoleon invaded in 1806 and was defeated almost a decade later, the geometric names were scrapped
🏨 Belle-Alliance-Platz commemorated the hotel where General Blücher stayed before the Battle of Waterloo
💥 Leipziger Platz commemorated the enormous Battle of Leipzig
🏛️ And beneath the Brandenburg Gate, topped by the Goddess of Victory?
🇫🇷 Pariser Platz, the “Parisian Square”
🏆 Victory on top of Paris!
