Palais Boisserée, Baroque palace in Karlsplatz, Heidelberg, Germany
Palais Boisserée is a Baroque building that stretches along the northern edge of Karlsplatz and dates to the early 1700s. The facade displays classical architectural features with an elongated floor plan that takes up a significant portion of the square.
The building was constructed between 1703 and 1705 as a residence and office for a Chamber of Commerce president. The Boisserée family later took over and assembled paintings here, which eventually made their way to Munich's art collections.
The name comes from the Boisserée family, who used the palace as collectors and regularly drew visitors from across the region during the early 1800s. You can still sense its former role as a place for viewing and discussing art when you walk through the building today, even though its purpose has changed.
The building currently houses a university institute and is not regularly open to visitors inside. You can best appreciate the structure by viewing its exterior facade from Karlsplatz and observing the historical architecture from the square.
The art collection once assembled here became the foundation for one of Germany's major museums in Munich. Few visitors know that this modest palace on Karlsplatz played a key role in creating what became an essential collection.
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