Marble Gallery

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The Marble Gallery was an opulent, marble-lined ceremonial hall in Hitler’s New Reich Chancellery in Berlin, designed by Albert Speer as a grandiose symbol of Nazi power.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural interior
ceremonial hall
architect Albert Speer
architecturalStyle Nazi architecture
associatedWith Adolf Hitler’s building program
Albert Speer’s architectural career
belongsToBuildingComplex Reichskanzlei (New Reich Chancellery)
cityDistrict Berlin-Mitte
commissionedBy Adolf Hitler
connectedTo Hitler’s office
Mosaic Hall
constructionStart 1938
country Germany
designedAs axis of approach to Hitler’s office
designer Albert Speer
destroyedDuring World War II
eraOfConstruction late 1930s
function ceremonial space
representational hall
heritageStatus no longer extant
historicalPeriod Nazi era
inaugurationDate 1939
interiorFinish polished stone surfaces
length approximately 146 meters
lightingType artificial interior lighting
locatedIn Berlin
New Reich Chancellery
Wilhelmstrasse government quarter
materialUsed marble
notableFeature marble-lined walls
opulent interior decoration
notableFor extreme scale and opulence
partOf New Reich Chancellery ceremonial route
New Reich Chancellery representational sequence
seat of the German Reich government
politicalContext National Socialist regime
politicalIdeology National Socialism
purpose to impress foreign dignitaries
to project regime power
spatialType long gallery
status destroyed
symbolOf Nazi power
Third Reich grandeur
usedFor diplomatic receptions
official ceremonies
state receptions
visualCharacter grandiose
monumental

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
New Reich Chancellery in Berlin
notableFeature
Reich Chancellery
notableRoom

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