Academy of Sciences
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Grand Duke Palace
The Grand Ducal Palace is a building erected in 1717 and is located on Karlsplatz in Heidelberg. The palace is now the seat of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
It was built around 1717 by the Darmstadt architect Louis Remy de la Fosse for Philipp Karl von Hundheim († 1737) and came into the possession of Elector Karl Theodor in 1767, who housed the regional chancellery in the baroque building. From 1805, it served as a palace for the Grand Dukes of Baden, who had the building's facade modernized in the Neoclassical style. Since 1909, the listed building has been the seat of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
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