The Neue Wache in Berlin was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for King Frederick William III of Prussia as a guardhouse for the nearby Royal Palace. The infobox and text agree on construction from 1816 to 1818, and it was inaugurated on September 18, 1818.
The infobox says Greek Revival, while the text calls it Prussian Neoclassical architecture. It has Doric columns. The 1931 interior centered on a black granite block, and Rauch's statues are marble. The article gives no dimensions.
Heinrich Tessenow converted it into a World War I memorial in 1931. World War II heavily damaged it, and it served as an East German memorial from 1960. In 1993 it became the Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Victims of War and Tyranny. It includes the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and has no regular honor guard except at special events. The article gives no hours.
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