The Old Palace in Bayreuth was built in 1455 and was the residence of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Bayreuth from 1603 to 1753, before the move to the New Palace in the middle of the 18th century. Today the building on Maximilianstrasse is the seat of the third largest tax office in Bavaria.

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For around six centuries it has been one of the festival city's landmarks: the Old Palace with its courtyard in the historic city center of Bayreuth on Maximilianstrasse. Until the middle of the 18th century it served as the residence of the Margraves of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Today the building is the seat of the tax office.

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An official residence is said to have existed as early as the 13th century - grouped around today's Harmoniehof - which was expanded into a margrave's bailiff's castle in the …

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