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'''The Andafiavaratra Palace, also known as the Prime Minister's Palace, is located north of the [[Manjakamiadana Palace|Queen's Palace ]] in [[Antananarivo]]. Andafiavaratra literally means ''facing north''. It functioned as the palace of the prime minister during the reigns of the last queens. '''
[[File:Antananarivo_002.jpg|600px|thumb|none|View of Antananarivo with Andafiavaratra Palace on the hilltop.]]
The original palace was built of by wood under the subervision supervision of Queen Ranavalona I. In 1872, this wooden palace was replaced by the current palace after according to the plans of the British architect William Pool. In the centre of the 3-storey palace there is a large reception room, hall which is lit up by a glass dome. Each of the four corner towers include a bell tower. From 1864 to 1895 the palace was the residence of prime minister [[Rainilaiarivony]] ''(he , who married three queens)'' who and excersised all the ultimate power from there.
[[File:Antananarivo 031.jpg|600px]] <div style="max-width:600px;">{{#display_map:-18.92077, 47.533003~'''Andafiavaratra Palace- Prime Minister's Palace'''~~;-18.923612, 47.532166~'''Rova'''~~;|type=satellite|service=google|width=auto|height=400|zoom=16|controls=pan, zoom, type, scale|copycoords=yes|icon=https://www.madacamp.com/images/madagascar/Green_marker.png}}</div> '''Opening times'''<br>Open from ''Saturday to Thursday from 10am to 5pm, closed on Friday. Entrance fee 3.000 Ariary per person, about 1,15 Euro per person.'' '''Note:''' In 2012 the museum closed due to that the Royal Crown was stolen but opened again in 2014. == Additional information == View all [[Andafiavaratra Palace photos]]