The excess cost of the Palace compared with that of a structure of the same size configured in today\u2019s architectural style is around 105\u00a0million Euros. This estimate for the construction of the historic baroque fa\u00e7ades, including those of the Schl\u00fcter Courtyard, is based on a cost estimate that has been confirmed through further calculations by a working group employed by the state conservator of Bavaria working together with a planning bureau.<\/p>\n
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Why are the historic Palace Facades more expensive?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The excess cost arises because the handwork necessary for the fa\u00e7ades is more time consuming, and thus more expensive, than industrially produced modern fa\u00e7ade elements. The beauty of the Palace fa\u00e7ades was derived from their lively quality; they had the effect of a huge sculpture. The artistic and handmade carrying out of the plans by Schl\u00fcter and Eosander upon which hundreds of stone masons and sculptors worked between 1699 and 1716 caused each detail to become an individual sculpture in itself done in the manner of the particular artist who worked upon it. Famous sculptors like Permoser, the master of the Dresden Zwinger, created the sculptures. So for example, the allegory of the four seasons in the form of herms under the balconies of Portal IV and V on the fa\u00e7ade facing the Pleasure Garden are ascribed to him. Marvel at the strength of expression of the statues of autumn and winter which were saved and now decorate the Palace Portal built in to the State Council building. The ones of spring and summer were rescued after the demolition of the Palace but were damaged. They can be restored and now await their remounting in the new Palace.<\/p>\n Approximately seventy percent of the figurative sculptures from the Palace\u2019s exterior still exist. Nevertheless, the stones of the cornices, windows, columns, and capitals were largely lost and only fragments are to be found in the storerooms of the museums and government offices. Copying them is relatively simple. To be sure, the original blue prints have been missing since the departure of Schl\u00fcter and Eosander in 1713. But the Palace is nonetheless outstandingly documented with thousands of detailed and overall views and with hundreds of plans from prior restorations. The preserved original remains of the Palace add additional information about the way artists and hand workers worked the sandstone.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two disposal sites are to be dug up in an archeological manner to search for Palace remains since her there is a high degree of certainty that valuable fragments can be found.<\/p>\n The Friedrichshain bunker complex received a layer of rubble from the demolition debris of the Palace fa\u00e7ades in late autumn of 1950 immediately prior to the delivery of 15 centimeters of topsoil. Thus, here Palace material lies just below the surface. Also, on the industrial site of the former VEB civil engineering firm in Berlin-Heinersdorf\u00a0 fragments removed from the Palace were stored until into the 1960s. These had been saved by the scientific activities of\u00a0 Prof. Strauss prior to the demolition. At that time, the government of the German Democratic Republic had attempted to silence the protests against the demolition of the Palace in this way. Walter Ulbricht promised to rebuild the Palace in another location when the economic situation improved. For this reason a large number of building elements were saved and stored in Heinersdorf. However, after the construction of the State Council Building with the incorporation of Portal IV, the Palace was finally forgotten.<\/p>\n The stored spoils, together with other rubble, were dumped into a stream ravine lying in the immediate vicinity of their former storage area, in order to create a new industrial site. And thus it happened that a capital of one of the columns of a round-headed window in the Parade Floor, like, for example, those to be found on the main portico of\u00a0 the Schl\u00fcter Courtyard, was dug up again in 1992 during the strengthening of the foundation of\u00a0 a huge cement mixing plant.<\/p>\n![\"20030105230314\"](\"http:\/\/berliner-schloss.de\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/01\/20030105230314.jpg\")
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<\/a><\/p>\nArcheological\u00a0 Excavations<\/h2>\n
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\nStart-Up of a circle-staircase close to the Cupiula Portail III Westfacade<\/span><\/p>\n