Palas

Palas stands within Nuremberg’s Imperial Castle, where medieval halls, residential rooms and the city’s imperial history meet. Construction began around 1200. The hall building contains lower and upper halls, while a residential wing occupies the adjoining structure. Earlier buildings lie beneath these walls, alongside the castle’s distinctive double chapel.

Major rebuilding had begun by the late thirteenth century, followed by efforts to restore the late medieval interior during the nineteenth century and the 1930s. The Second World War caused extensive damage. Much of the structure was rebuilt afterward, preserving a setting shaped by centuries of change and imperial use.

The permanent exhibition Emperor – Empire – City examines how the Holy Roman Empire worked from its authentic historical surroundings. Your route begins in the Knights’ Hall and reaches the double chapel before continuing to the upper-floor rooms. Two chapels with identical plans sit one above the other, joined by a central opening. The Imperial Castle Museum adds historical weapons, regional technology and cultural objects, with views across the castle and Nuremberg.