Pyramide

(Pyramid)
Am Neuen Garten / Neuer Garten

Pyramid bordered with decorative hieroglyphics, built between 1791 & 1792 by Carl Gotthard Langhans as a "refrigerator" for the Marmorpalais.

The structure extends five metres below the ground. Winter lake ice was placed in the base and degradable food was stored above it. Behind its thick stone walls the ice kept the temperature low all year round.