Admiralty House

The Admiralty House is a building on Skeppsholmen in Stockholm that was built in the 17th century for the Admiralty College. The Swedish State Property Agency
manages the building, which has been a national building monument since 1953. The house was designed, probably by the architect Louis Gillis, to house the college's office, council hall and court-martial hall. It began to be built in 1647 and was completed in 1650. No drawings have been preserved, but the house was probably decorated with ornate gables, decorated facades and a sandstone portal because Queen Kristina wanted a representative view from Stockholm Castle. In 1704-1705, the house was renovated according to drawings by Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and became an unadorned magazine. Today it houses offices for the National Museum. //Wikipedia