page_title: Wiesbaden City Palace
section_title: Dome Hall and Winter Garden
hierarchical_section_title: Wiesbaden City Palace / Architecture / Ducal palace / Dome Hall and Winter Garden
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Kabinettzimmer mit englischen Möbeln aus dem Jahre 1840 des Stadtschlosses Wiesbaden. Es dient dem Ministerpräsidenten während der Plenarsitzungen als Besprechnungsraum. Das Kabinettzimmer und der Präsidentensalon befinden sich neben dem Musiksaal. (O2185776-v-d English: Cabinet room for the Minister-President
context_page_description: Wiesbaden City Palace is a neo-classical building in the center of Wiesbaden, Germany. It was completed in 1841 as the principal city residence of the Dukes of Nassau. The palace has several wings, 145 rooms, and is architecturally integrated with a group of ancillary buildings constructed both before and after it was built. With ornate towers, gables and a slate roof laid in herringbone patterns, the three-story complex lends charm and its name to the central square of Wiesbaden: Palace Square.
  The Palace has had a turbulent history. After withstanding the Revolutions of 1848 and annexation by Prussia in 1866, it has served variously as a second home of the German Emperors, a gathering place for soldiers and workers during the German Revolution of 1918–1919, a museum, and a military headquarters for both the Wehrmacht and Allied occupation forces. Damaged during World War II, the Palace has since been restored and portions modernized. Since 1946 it has been the seat of the State Parliament of Hesse. A new Parliamentary Chamber was added to the complex in 2008.
context_section_description: The diagonal wing connects from the main entrance and Small Rotunda to the main staircase. It is barrel-vaulted with six statues of Greco-Roman gods in niches. The banister is made of fire-gilded bronze with the coat of arms of the House of Nassau. The Dome Hall adjoining the staircase was originally the dining room and is crowned with skylights. A large chandelier in the center of the dome was brought from Schloss Biebrich in 1930, weighing 980 kg and consisting of 24,000 crystals. In two side niches of the Dome Hall are two statues made of Carrara marble and a floor of elaborate parquet. Right and left of the Dome Hall stretches the glass-enclosed "Winter Garden". Here, in rooms decorated with painted ceilings, the Duke bred exotic plants. At the acquisition of the Palace by Prussia in 1866 the plants, together with the greenhouse collection at Schloss Biebrich, were sold to the city of Frankfurt and form the basis of its Palmengarten.
caption: Cabinet room for the Minister-President
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