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Potsdam is the capital of the German state of Brandenburg and is located on the Havel River next to Berlin, 26 kilometres southwest of Berlin's city centre. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 156,021. Potsdam is part of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan area, which is home to about 6 million people.
Potsdam is a city of UNESCO World Heritage, a city of parks and palaces on the idyllic lakes of the Havel, a city of culture, a center of film, education and science, characterized by a 1000-year-old history as a royal capital and State capital near Berlin.
Sanssouci and its extensive gardens became a World Heritage Site in 1990 under the protection of UNESCO;in 1995. Sanssouci is a historical building in Potsdam, near Berlin. Built by Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German...
It was no coincidence that Frederick selected the Rococo style of architecture for Sanssouci. The light, almost whimsical style then in vogue exactly suited the light-hearted uses for which he required this retreat. Atlantes and Caryatids Wikipedia...
The Chinese House in the Roe Deer Garden of Sanssouci Park is an important example of Chinoiserie that was in vogue in Europe in the 18th century. During 1754 – 1757, Johann Gottfried Buering built it on behalf of Frederick II in a design where the outer walls resemble the...
The Charlottenhof Palace is one of the chief works of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and was built from 1826 to 1829 for the Crown Prince Couple Frederick William IV and Elizabeth. It was constructed on the foundation of an old manor house based on the model of an Italian renaissance villa. Its...
The view from the castle park Babelsberg on the lakes Tiefer See and Jungfernsee, the river Havel and the famous Glienicke Bridge is unique. Peter Joseph Lenné and the Prince of Pueckler-Muskau gave the landscape garden its romantic character.
Cecilienhof is the palace where the Potsdam Conference of the victorious powers of the Second World War took place from July 17 to August 2, 1945. It is the last palace of the Hohenzollerns. Emperor William II built Cecilienhof on the north side of the New Garden from...
Cecilienhof is the palace where the Potsdam Conference of the victorious powers of the Second World War took place from July 17 to August 2, 1945. It is the last palace of the Hohenzollerns. Emperor William II built Cecilienhof on the north side of the New Garden from 1914...
