Leipziger Platz 12
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Leipziger Platz 12 was the address of a former mansion designed by Friedrich Hitzig
. Located on the fashionable Leipziger Platz
, the building was the location of the British legation from 1859 to 1878, and the Turkish embassy from 1878 to 1896. The building was then demolished.
This was the only diplomatic building ever located in the square until the completion of the new Canadian embassy
there in 2005.
Friedrich Hitzig
Georg Friedrich Heinrich Hitzig was a German architect, born into the Jewish Itzig family, converted to Lutheranism. He was a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel....
. Located on the fashionable Leipziger Platz
Leipziger Platz
Leipziger Platz is an octagonal square in the center of Berlin. It is located along Leipziger Straße just east of and adjacent to the Potsdamer Platz...
, the building was the location of the British legation from 1859 to 1878, and the Turkish embassy from 1878 to 1896. The building was then demolished.
This was the only diplomatic building ever located in the square until the completion of the new Canadian embassy
Canada House (Berlin)
Canada House is a diplomatic and office building in Berlin, and is the primary home of the embassy of Canada to Germany.Unlike other western nations, Canada never had an embassy in Berlin when it was the capital from 1871 to 1945...
there in 2005.