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 Essential Architecture-  Berlin

Old "Königliche Bibliothek" (aka "Kommode")

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location

Opernplatz - today west Bebelplatz. next to the Alte Palais (Kaiserpalais), of Kaiser Wilhelm I

date

1774 - 80

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type

 
  The green pergola, next to the parterre garden of the Alten Palais,  was damaged during the war and demolished in 1962. The palace facade is being rebuilt in 2006 and the pergola will be reerected.
 
  
   
 

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