Humboldt Palace

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Le château en bref

Schloss Tegel, also known as Humboldt Palace, is a Neoclassical residence on the north shore of the Tegeler See, in the Tegel district of Berlin. It dates back to a manor house built in 1558 for the court secretary of Elector Joachim II; the von Humboldt family took possession of it in 1766, and it was there that Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt grew up, nicknaming their home Schloss Langweil. Wilhelm von Humboldt acquired the estate in 1797 and had it remodelled between 1820 and 1824 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel: the architect quoted the Tower of the Winds in Athens on the corner towers through reliefs of wind gods. The interiors, including the Blue Salon, the Antiquities Room and the Blue Tower Cabinet, have been preserved in their original state. The house is still inhabited by the descendants of the family and houses a private Humboldt museum; the park contains the family tomb and a column by Schinkel.