Federal Palace is a building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly and the Federal Council .
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18 Facts About Federal Palace
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Oldest part of the Federal Palace is the west wing, built from 1852 to 1857 under Jakob Friedrich Studer.
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The Federal Palace is flanked by the former Hotel Bernerhof in the west and the Hotel Bellevue Palace in the east, which is the official residence for state guests.
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The Federal Palace Council convened in the Erlacherhof; the National Council operated at a 1821-built music hall known as the "casino" and if necessary the Bern town hall; while the Council of States met in the Ausseren Stand town hall.
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In February 1849, the Federal Palace Council commissioned the city authorities to survey suitable locations for a central building.
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Federal Palace allocated the central wing to the Federal Council and the administration and relegated the parliamentary chambers to the projecting side wings.
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Federal Palace used the buildings on Ludwigstrasse in Munich, in particular the Bavarian State Library, as a model.
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The Federal Palace Council asked the city to provide sufficient working space for the numerous new federal offices but Bern was unable meet this demand.
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Federal Palace designed a symmetrical building complex that included the Federal Town Hall as the west wing.
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Construction on Federal Palace East began in late 1888 and was completed in May 1892.
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Bluntschli was aware that the Federal Palace East had created a fait accompli and that without a dome, the parliament building would hardly stand out among the symmetrical buildings.
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Federal Palace abandoned his architectural restraint and tried to outdo his competitor with a pompous domed building reminiscent of the Palais du Trocadero in Paris.
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On 30 June 1891, the Federal Palace Council acted on its own authority and decided in favor of Auer.
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Federal Palace took up the suggestion of the Schweizerische Bauzeitung to give the domed hall a higher consecration by installing statues.
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Auer planned the rest of the design of the Federal Palace, personally selecting most the 38 Swiss artists who carried out the work and obliging them to work according to his detailed specifications.
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Federal Palace's approach corresponded to that of his teacher Theophil Hansen, who had drawn up and rigorously enforced an iconographic program for the parliament building in Vienna.
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Work on Federal Palace West began in February 2005 and lasted just over three years.
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