History

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The Great Orangery was designed as a functional building, characterised by magnificent Baroque architecture. During the winter, around 500 orange, bitter orange and lemon trees were kept in the two light-filled wings of the building.

Even in summer, the Orangery regularly served as the setting for magnificent court festivals and balls.

Large parts of Charlottenburg Palace and the Great Orangery were severely damaged during a bombing raid on Berlin. After World War II, they were meticulously rebuilt, culminating in the dome’s restoration in 1957.

Today, Charlottenburg Palace is Berlin’s last remaining city palace—and connoisseurs consider it to be one of the world’s most beautiful historic aristocratic residences.

Like the palace itself, the Great Orangery regained its former glory during its reconstruction in the 1950s and 1960s.