- With a vast courtyard, a façade spanning more than 400 metres and a total floor area of six hectares, Mannheim Baroque Palace is one of the largest palaces in...
- The Mittelbau of Mannheim Palace seen from the west. Mannheim Palace courtyard. Copy of Laocoön and His Sons in the Mannheim Palace.
- The building is now mostly used by the University of Mannheim but there is also a museum with all the glory of the palace on display.
- Mannheim Palace is an impressive Baroque structure that initially served as residence to the prince-electors of the House of Wittelsbach.
- Mannheim Palace isGermany's largest palace complex in the Baroque style.
- At the central part of the building, there is a Mannheim Baroque Palace Museum which features tapestries, paintings and art collections.
- 3. Attend a Concert: Mannheim Palace is the home of the Mannheim Symphony Orchestra, and they often host concerts in the palace’s grand hall.
- Although Mannheim kept the title of “residence”, the palace was used merely as accommodation for several administrative bodies.
- Construction of the palace began in 1720 under the reign of Elector Karl III Philip, who sought to establish Mannheim as the new capital of the Palatinate.
- In 1720, Prince Elector Carl Philipp transferred the palatinate’s seat of power from Heidelberg to Mannheim and initiated the construction of a new palace.
