ResidenceBerlin-Mitte

Palais am Festungsgraben

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The Palais am Festungsgraben, a historic residence, is located in Berlin-Mitte. Originally built as a residence for a royal valet, it later served as the official seat of the Prussian Ministry of Finance and now houses a gallery.

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King Frederick II of Prussia gifted the property on November 7, 1751, to his valet, Johann Gottfried Donner. Donner had the palace built between 1751 and 1753 according to plans by Christian Friedrich Feldmann. Donner himself occupied one half of the building, while the other served as the residence for the Prussian General Mint Master Johann Philipp Graumann. After Donner's death, the royal Prussian finance administration acquired the palace and established the official residence for the finance minister there, where, among others, Freiherr vom und zum Stein lived. In 1797, the right wing was extended by one floor. From 1808, the palace functioned as the official seat of the Prussian Ministry of Finance. Between 1863 and 1864, it underwent reconstruction based on plans by Georg Heinrich Bürde and Hermann von der Hude.

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