Grand Ducal Palace built

Name: Grand Ducal Palace built
Start: 1574

1574 CE.

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The Grand Ducal Palace (Luxembourgish: Groussherzogleche Palais, French: Palais grand-ducal, German: Großherzogliches Palais) is a palace in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is the official residence of the grand duke of Luxembourg, and where he performs most of his duties as head of state of the grand duchy, though his principal residence is Berg Castle, in Colmar-Berg.

Text from the Wikipedia article Grand Ducal Palace, Luxembourg, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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