The Prinzessinnenpalais (English: ''Princesses' Palace'') is a former

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residence on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic centre of

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. It was built in 1733 according to plans by Friedrich Wilhelm Diterichs in

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. Since 2018, it has been home to an art collection of

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* Folkwin Wendland. "Berlins Gärten und Parke von der Gründung der Stadt bis zum ausgehenden neunzehnten Jahrhundert: Das klassische Berlin". Propyläen Verlag (1979). pp. 55-57 (in German)

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