Berlin Zoo Elephant Gate Entrance Berlin Zoo

Zoo Berlin Elephant Gate Entrance

City West & Charlottenburg


Two life-size elephant sculptures flanking a pagoda roof made of red wood, golden ornaments and green glazed tiles offer an exotic welcome to Berlin's famous zoo. The gate is a replica of the 1899 original that was destroyed in WWII.


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