the brandenburg gate () on the "luisenplatz" in potsdam, should not be confused with the gate of the same name on berlin's "pariser platz", it was built in 1770/71 by carl von gontard and georg christian unger by order of frederick ii of prussia. it stands at the western end of "brandenburger straße", which runs in a straight line up to the church of st. peter and st. paul.