Editing Gotha (section)

=== Cityscape ===
[[File:Villa Gotha2.JPG|thumb|A typical ruined late-19th century mansion near the city centre]]
The city centre of Gotha has two medieval parts: the old town around ''Hauptmarkt'' and the new town around ''Neumarkt''. Both were walled until 1810, when the city walls were broken down and a boulevard was laid out in their place. Early-modern suburbiums were established to the south-west (around ''Dreikronengasse''), to the west (around ''Große Fahnenstraße'') and to the east (around ''Mohrenberg''). The later 19th century brought larger growth in all directions. Especially the axis between the main station and the city centre received a representative development in capital-city style. Due to Gotha's function as a ducal residence, most buildings built between 1870 and 1914 were generous in size and many mansions were built. Only some outer districts show the typical German working-class tenements (e.g. around ''Oststraße'' and ''Seebergstraße''). The largest ''[[Plattenbau]]'' settlement of Gotha was established at the western periphery during the late [[GDR]] period. In the 1980s, large areas of the western old town were demolished and replaced by small-scale ''Plattenbau'' houses. After 1990, many buildings were thoroughly refurbished after having fallen into dereliction during GDR times. Nevertheless, a relatively large share of ruined historic buildings remains characteristic for Gotha (in comparison to neighbouring cities like Eisenach, Erfurt or Weimar), especially within the historic new town and the 19th century belt around the city centre. The government sometimes failed to conserve historic buildings, for example the ''{{Interlanguage link|Volkshaus zum Mohren|de}}'' was demolished in 2007, as was the ''{{Interlanguage link|Winterpalais|de|3=Winterpalais (Gotha)}}'' in 2011 (although the latter has now being reconstructed externally). The ''{{Interlanguage link|Orangerie (Gotha)|de|3=Orangerie Gotha}}'' was saved in 2006, and the ''Prinzenpalais'' was restored in 2017 although the adjacent ''Kavaliershaus'' was demolished.