The Ancient Berlin-Palace

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Short architectural history

The Royal Palce of Berlin was founded in 1443 as the residence of the Hohenzollern-Dynasty. This dynasty was elected by the Emperor of th Holy Roman Empire of German Nation as principals...

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Significance and Exterior Views

"The Palace did not lie in Berlin – Berlin was the Palace" (Quotation Wolf Jobst Siedler) Berlin city center, 1937, photographed from the Victory Column on the Great Star circle.The...

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Interiors of the palace: General views Amber room

The Schlüter staircase, known as the “Giant Steps”. Painting by Eduard Gärtner 1828. The interior of the Berlin Palace is outstandingly well documented. Even so the complete reconstruction...

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The interior of the palace: Colored detail pictures

Andreas Schlüter, Royal Chambers, Knight's Hall, East, allegory on America (with an elephant, as in 1705 America was also named West India. Black Eagle's Chamber: Ceiling's...

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War destruction and demolition

On February 3, 1945, during the heaviest bombing attack ever on the city, the Berlin Palace was destroyed by a number of high explosive bombs and numberless incendiary bombs. It burned...

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Synthesis of the arts Berlin

In accordance with the architectural principles of Vitruvius and Palladio, the interaction of the major edifices in the center of Berlin, arising out of the individual buildings...

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Baroque Town axes in Berlin

Boulevard Unter den Linden, view from Pariser Platz; Palace Portal V as the intersection of one of the rays of the Berlin "Patte d’Oie" or "gooseZs foot"The Great Elector Friedrich...

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Urban development connections

The Berlin City Palace was the center of the so-called classical mile between the Pariser Platz square with the Brandenburg Gate in the west and the Alexanderplatz in the east. Because...

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The construction of the moque-up-palace 1993 in a movie

Movie of the building of the "Canvas Palace" which gave a break-throug to the positive debate on reconstructing the former palace. Designed by Laurent Vivien under assistance...

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The Site of the Palace 1939 - 1995

These comparing Photographs from before World-War II and the Schloss-Site after it's demolition in 1950 with the new Palace of the Republic, built in 1976 by the German Democratic...

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