Brandenburg Gate August 1961. West Berliners gathered on the western side of the gate to demonstrate against the Berlin Wall, among them West Berlin's governing Mayor Willy Brandt, who had spontaneously returned from a federal election campaigning tour in West Germany earlier on the same day. It was closed throughout the Berlin Wall period until 22 December 1989. When the Revolutions of 1989 occurred and the wall was demolished, the gate symbolized freedom and the desire to unify the city of Berlin. Thousands of people gathered at the wall to celebrate its fall on 9 November 1989. On 22 December 1989, the
Baldur's Gate (city) Baldur's Gate (city) Baldur's Gate is a fictional city in the "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting of the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game. It is a coastal city on the north bank of the river Chiontar, located in the Western Heartlands region of Faerûn. Situated to the south of the great city-state of Waterdeep and to the north of the country of Amn, it lies on the heavily travelled "Coast Way" road. The city was detailed in "Volo's Guide to the Sword Coast", published in 1994, and provided the main setting to the computer game, "Baldur's Gate", released in 1998.