History of the Palace and Forum
The Berlin Palace (German: Berliner Schloss), formally the Royal Palace (German: Königliches Schloss),[was the main residence of the House of Hohenshollerns from 1443 to 1918. The royal palace was one of Berlin’s largest buildings and shaped the cityscape with its 60-meter-high (200 ft) dome.
Used for various government functions after the abolition of the monarchy in the 1918 revolution, the palace was damaged during World War II, and was demolished by the East German authorities in 1950. In the 1970s, it became the location of the East German Palace of the Republic (the parliament building of East Germany).
After German reunification in 1989 and years of debate, particularly regarding the fraught historical legacy of both buildings, the Palace of the Republic was itself demolished in 2009 and most of the Berlin Palace’s exterior was reconstructed beginning in 2013 to house the Humboldt Forum museum. The east façade of the reconstructed palace incorporates a modernist design, while the new interior combines both historicist and modernist elements.
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Click on the link below for Tourist Information on the Berlin Palace/Humboldt Forum Webpage
https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/tourist-info-at-the-humboldt-forum
