On top of the gate Schadow's Quadriga with the Goddess of Victory enters the town. But underneath there is a Attic Relievo which shows the Goddess of Victory leading the triumphal procession of Eirene, the Goddess of Peace.

The figure atop the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin is not a traditional Greek god, but rather Victoria, the Roman goddess of victory. She is depicted driving a Quadriga—a chariot drawn by four horses abreast. Interestingly, the original 1793 design by Johann Gottfried Schadow intended the figure to represent Eirene, the Greek goddess of peace, to match the gate's name as the "Gate of Peace." However, after Napoleon seized the statue as a trophy in 1806 and it was later returned to Berlin in 1814, the figure was "rebranded" as Victoria to celebrate the Prussian victory over France. At this time, the Iron Cross and a Prussian eagle were added to her staff. In 2026, the statue remains one of Germany's most potent symbols of national unity and resilience. While many tourists mistake her for Nike (the Greek counterpart), the specific iconography of the staff and the Roman chariot firmly identifies her as Victoria, overlooking the Pariser Platz as a guardian of the city's complex historical narrative and its hard-won peace.