Altes Palais
This site carries the story of Prussia’s royal ambition in brick and stone long before it became law. Between 1834 and 1837, Prince William of Prussia—later William I, German Emperor—ordered the Old Palace, Altes Palais (also known as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Palais), built on Unter den Linden. The project followed designs by Carl Ferdinand Langhans in neoclassical style, replacing earlier buildings that had stood here since a town house was built between 1688 and 1692 for Ernst Bernhard von Weyler. The palace was hit during Allied bombing in World War II and later rebuilt from 1963 to 1964 as part of the Forum Fridericianum. Since then, the listed building has housed the law faculty of Humboldt-Universität. Although much of the former complex has passed through reconstruction, today only a memorial marks the spot where William’s residence once stood—at one point linked in local memory with the term “Royal Library” (1784–1910).
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