Bellevue Palace
In Bellevue Palace—German, Schloss Bellevue—the French name for a “beautiful view” pointed to more than scenery. Built in 1786, and designed by Michael Philipp Daniel Boumann (1747–1803), it rose from an earlier manor house and a riverside leather factory that were cleared and repurposed on the Spree waterfront. Its neoclassical design is noted for being the first Neoclassical building in Germany, marked by features such as Corinthian pilasters, and it spread in two flanking wings: the “Ladies’ wing” and the “River Spree wing.” The palace’s grounds—about 20 hectares—extended the project into landscape. Later, since 1994, Schloss Bellevue has been the official residence of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Where Bellevue Palace once stood, this spot is now part of the surrounding Spree-side parkland—its memory carried forward by the name that still marks the state’s residence.
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