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The original palace was built of wood under the subervision of Queen Ranavalona I. In 1872, this wooden palace was replaced by the current palace after the plans of the British architect William Pool[[File:Antananarivo_002. The centre jpg|600px|thumb|none|View of Antananarivo with Andafiavaratra Palace on the palace is a large reception room, lit by a glass domehilltop. Four cornter towers ]]
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'''The Andafiavaratra Palace, also known as the Prime Minister's Palace, is located in the north of the Rova [[Manjakamiadana Palace|Queen's Palace]] in [[Antananarivo]]. Andafiavaratra literally means ''facing north''. It was functioned as the palace of the Prime Minister prime minister during the reigns of the last queens. '''
The original palace was built by wood under the supervision of Queen Ranavalona I. In 1872, this wooden palace was replaced by the current palace according to the plans of British architect William Pool. In the centre of the 3-storey palace there is a large reception 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]], who married three queens and excersised ultimate power from there.
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin-right:10px;"><tr><td valign="top">[[File:Antananarivo_002Andafiavaratra_Palace_002.jpg|600px185px|none|thumb|Andafiavaratra Palace]]</td><td valign="top">[[File:Andafiavaratra_Palace_001.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Sign on the house]]</td><td valign="top">[[File:Andafiavaratra_Palace_003.jpg|185px|none|View thumb|Andafiavaratra Palace]]</td></tr></table> After Madagascar became independent, the palace was used as army barracks, court, school of fine arts, presidential palace and finally again as the prime minister's office. In 1976 the palace burnt down. After some great restoration it houses today an exhibition of precious items which were saved from the fire of the [[Rova]] in 1995, such as the red jacket of [[Radama I]], the royal coral jewels, various royal portraits and the diadem of the last queen. [[File:Antananarivo with 031.jpg|600px]] <googlemap version="0.9" lat="-18.921014" lon="47.533035" zoom="17" controls="large" style="width:100%;max-width:600px;">-18.92077, 47.533003Andafiavaratra Palace - Prime Minister's Palace-18.923612, 47.532166Rova</googlemap> '''Opening times'''<br>''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 hilltopRoyal Crown was stolen but was open again in 2014. <gallery showfilename>File:20140730 162118.jpgFile:20140730 162342.]]jpgFile:20140730 162349.jpgFile:20140730 162632.jpgFile:20140730 162656.jpgFile:20140730 162723.jpgFile:20140730 162745.jpgFile:20140730 162810.jpgFile:20140730 162831.jpgFile:20140730 164619.jpg</gallery>
