Georg Christian Unger (25 May 1743 – 20 February 1799) was a German
architect
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who was a pupil of the architect
Carl von Gontard
Carl Philipp Christian von Gontard (13 January 1731 in Mannheim – 23 September 1791 in Breslau) was a German architect who worked primarily in Berlin, Potsdam, and Bayreuth in the style of late Baroque Classicism. Next to Knobelsdorff, he was c ...
and served
Frederick II of Prussia
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. Among his works were the
Brandenburg Gate
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in
Potsdam
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and the
Gendarmenmarkt
The is a square in Berlin and the site of an architectural ensemble that includes the Berlin concert hall, along with the French and German Churches. In the centre of the square stands a monumental statue of poet Friedrich Schiller. The ...
in
Berlin
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.
References
Further reading
* Wendland, Christian. ''Georg Christian Unger: Baumeister Friedrichs des Grossen in Potsdam und Berlin'' (J. Strauss, 2002)
External links
18th-century German architects
1743 births
1799 deaths
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