Wilhelmspalais

The Wilhelmspalais is a neoclassical city palace on Konrad-Adenauer-Straße in Stuttgart, built between 1834 and 1840 by the Italian court architect Giovanni Battista Salucci for King William I of Württemberg. Originally designed as a residence for Princesses Marie and Sophie, the building later housed Württemberg's last king, William II, before passing into the city's ownership after the Revolution of 1918. After serving as home to the German Foreign Institute and suffering heavy damage in air raids in 1944, the building was reconstructed in the 1960s and for a time served as the city library. Today the historic landmark houses the Stuttgart City Museum, which reopened under the name StadtPalais after extensive renovations in 2018. Here you can experience the city's history in an architecturally significant setting, whose location on the Planie, as a counterpart to the former Kronprinzenpalais, gives it a special role in the city's urban design.