Facade and/or wall structure for a building, comprising plates and a supporting structure, in which the plates are each received while aligned in a vertical plane, wherein it is provided: - that the supporting structure is formed as a stationarily supported structure which has one or more stationarily supported profile supports (2h, 2v) and/or a stationary wall, - that the supporting structure has vertically aligned, tensioned tension elements - called vertical tension elements in the following - which are mounted in bearing points which are indirectly or directly mounted on one or more of the stationarily supported profile supports (2h, 2v) and/or on the stationary wall, - that bearing bodies are applied in an axially fixed manner to the vertical tension elements, said bearing bodies forming bearings for the plates received in the supporting structure, - that the plates have retaining elements which are anchored in the plates and are each penetrated by at least one of the vertical tension elements, - that the vertical tension elements are assigned to the plates such that at least one of the vertical tension elements assigned to a plate each penetrates two retaining elements of the plate, specifically a first retaining element, which is arranged in a lower region of the plate, and a second retaining element, which is arranged in an upper region of the plate, wherein the retaining element is arranged in a horizontal receiving chamber formed in the plate, characterised in that the retaining element is anchored on its portion facing the inside of the plate with an anchor arranged in the receiving chamber or with the wall of the receiving chamber, and the retaining element has a tension element engagement portion, preferably formed as a through opening, on its outward-facing end, said tension element engagement portion engaging on the assigned vertical tension element, preferably being penetrated by the latter, and in that the retaining element is formed as a U-shaped profile element with a substantially cuboid configuration when seen from the outside, which U-shaped profile element engages in the receiving chamber with both of its U arms and has a tension element engagement portion, preferably formed as a through opening, in the region of its connecting bar between the U arms. - that the supporting structure is formed as a stationarily supported structure which has one or more stationarily supported profile supports (2h, 2v) and/or a stationary wall, - that the supporting structure has vertically aligned, tensioned tension elements - called vertical tension elements in the following - which are mounted in bearing points which are indirectly or directly mounted on one or more of the stationarily supported profile supports (2h, 2v) and/or on the stationary wall, - that bearing bodies are applied in an axially fixed manner to the vertical tension elements, said bearing bodies forming bearings for the plates received in the supporting structure, - that the plates have retaining elements which are anchored in the plates and are each penetrated by at least one of the vertical tension elements, - that the vertical tension elements are assigned to the plates such that at least one of the vertical tension elements assigned to a plate each penetrates two retaining elements of the plate, specifically a first retaining element, which is arranged in a lower region of the plate, and a second retaining element, which is arranged in an upper region of the plate, wherein the retaining element is arranged in a horizontal receiving chamber formed in the plate, the retaining element is anchored on its portion facing the inside of the plate with an anchor arranged in the receiving chamber or with the wall of the receiving chamber, and the retaining element has a tension element engagement portion, preferably formed as a through opening, on its outward-facing end, said tension element engagement portion engaging on the assigned vertical tension element, preferably being penetrated by the latter, and in that the retaining element is formed as a U-shaped profile element with a substantially cuboid configuration when seen from the outside, which U-shaped profile element engages in the receiving chamber with both of its U arms and has a tension element engagement portion, preferably formed as a through opening, in the region of its connecting bar between the U arms.