Marble Gallery

E44285

architectural interior ceremonial hall

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.

Statements (48)

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