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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. '''

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. The stone From 1864 to 1895 the palace became was the residence of prime minister [[Rainilaiarivony ''(he ]], who married three queens)'' who and excersised all the ultimate power from there.

After the independence of Madagascar, the palace was used as army barracks, court, school of fine arts, presidential palace and finally again as <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" style="margin-right:10px;"><tr><td valign="top">[[File:Andafiavaratra_Palace_002.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Andafiavaratra Palace]]</td><td valign="top">[[File:Andafiavaratra_Palace_001.jpg|185px|none|thumb|Sign on the prime minister's officehouse]]</td><td valign="top">[[File:Andafiavaratra_Palace_003. jpg|185px|none|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 Queen[[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 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 Royal Crown was stolen but was open again in 19952014. <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>