▁gate ▁was ▁commission ed ▁by ▁King ▁Ludwig ▁I ▁of ▁Bav aria , ▁designed ▁by ▁Friedrich ▁von ▁G är t ner ▁and ▁completed ▁by ▁Edu ard ▁Me z ger ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 2 . ▁The ▁mar ble ▁quadr iga ▁was ▁sculpt ed ▁by ▁Johann ▁Martin ▁von ▁Wagner , ▁art istic ▁ad visor ▁to ▁Ludwig ▁and ▁a ▁professor ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wür zburg . ▁L ions ▁were ▁likely ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁quadr iga , ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁usual ▁horses , ▁because ▁the ▁l ion ▁was ▁a ▁her ald ic ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁W itt els bach , ▁the ▁r uling ▁family ▁of ▁the ▁Bav arian ▁mon archy . ▁ ▁The ▁gate ▁was ▁originally ▁dedicated ▁to ▁the ▁glory ▁of ▁the ▁Bav arian ▁army ▁( D em ▁Bayer ischen ▁He ere ). ▁Today , ▁the ▁Sie gest or ▁is ▁a ▁monument ▁and ▁rem inder ▁to ▁peace . ▁After ▁sust aining ▁heavy ▁damage ▁in ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁it ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁demol ished ▁in ▁July ▁ 1 9 4 5 , ▁however , ▁the ▁gate ▁was ▁re construct ed ▁and ▁restored ▁only ▁partially , ▁in ▁a ▁manner ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁conservation ▁of ▁the ▁Kaiser - Wil helm - G ed ächt n isk irche ▁in ▁Berlin . ▁The ▁new ▁ins cription ▁on ▁the ▁back ▁side ▁by ▁Wilhelm ▁Haus en stein ▁reads ▁Dem ▁Sieg ▁ge wei ht , ▁vom ▁Krieg ▁z erst ört , ▁zum ▁Fried en ▁ma hn end , ▁" D edic ated ▁to ▁victory , ▁destroyed ▁by ▁war , ▁ur