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height of 158 ft. The * Interior (adm., see p. 39) is still finer.
Passing through a vestibule, we first enter the Small Synagogue,
used for the daily services, beyond which is the Chief Synagogue,
130 ft. long (not including the apse), 79 ft. broad, and 78% ft. high,
with 3000 seats. The iron vaulted roof is supported by slender
iron pillars. During the evening-service (Fridays at dusk) the 'dim
religious light' from the stained glass and the cupolas produces a
remarkably fine effect. The places for men are on the groundfloor,
those for women in the galleries.
Near the E. end of the Oranienburger-Str. is the Monbijou-
Platz, embellished with a marble bust of Chamisso (p. 171), by
Mosen. Tramways see p. 166 (Hackescher Markt). In this Platz is
the entrance to the royal —
Chateau of Monbijou (PI. R, 23). The nucleus of the edifice
consists of a villa erected by Eosauder von Goethe in 1706 for
Countess Wartenberg; the two detached buildings facing the Mon-
bijou-Platz were added by Unger in 1789-90. In the Monbijou
garden is the tasteful little English Church (St. George's),
erected in 1884-85 by Raschdorff (services, see p. 36).
The Chateau has since 1877 contained the *Hohenzollern
Museum, a collection of personal reminiscences of the Prussian
rulers from the time of the Great Elector down to the present day.
It includes a large number of objects of genuine artistic interest,
and affords an excellent survey of the progress of industrial art in
the last two centuries. Director, Prof. Seidel. Adm., see p. 38.
Catalogue (1906), 30 pf., with illustrations 2 Jl.
Rooms 1-3 (comp. Plan, p. 147) are devoted to Emperor Wil¬
liam II. Memorials of his visit to Palestine (1898), including paint¬
ings by Ism. Gentz and a mother-of-pearl model of the Mosque of
Omar at Jerusalem. Original drawings and engravings of published
drawings by the emperor. Cavalry charge under the emperor's com¬
mand, by Kossak. — R. 2. In the first cabinet to the left, Reminis¬
cences of the wedding (1881) and silver-wedding (1906) of the em¬
peror. Paintings: the emperor when a prince, two drawings by Men¬
zel (1873); obsequies of Menzel (1905), by Pape; Baptism of the
present Crown Prince Frederick William (1882), by A. von Werner.
— R. 3. Portrait of the emperor by Noster; paintings of state
ceremonials, by Pape (Audience of Prince Chung in 1901, etc.). In
the centre, Wedding gift from the 'Borussia' student-corps at Bonn.
Room 4: Emperor Frederick (1831-88) and Empress Victoria
(1840-1901). Memorials of the emperor at school and college; his
first uniform; marriage garments of the emperor and empress (1858);
address, painted by Menzel, on the emperor's 18th birthday; replica
of his monument at Bremen by Tuaillon. Painting, by E. Hilde-
brand, of the royal family in front of the New Palace (p. 188);
above the chimney-piece, Portrait of the emperor, by G. Richter;