Residential Palace with Palace museum

The Old Renaissance Palace with its two Baroque wings, built by Remy de la Fosse between 1716 and 1727, replaces the old water fortress. The Bell Tower building houses the Palace Museum with a representative collection showing the history of former duchy of Hessen. The Schlossgraben as a former location of the Botanical Garden is now a public garden and can be used by Darmstadt’s citizens.