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Sanssouci Palace Potsdam, Sanssouci Park Frederick the Great chose this “desolate hill” by Potsdam for its attractive location and fine view. As the name “Sans souci” (or “without a care”) on the garden [...] Knobelsdorff to specifications by the King. The middle consists of two magnificent halls, with Frederick’s apartments to the east and guest rooms to the west. The King received chosen guests at his famous [...] side tracts – the kitchen and the Ladies’ Wing – acquired their present form in 1840–1842 under Frederick William IV. The drawings were by Ludwig Persius. The west (or “ladies’”) wing was intended as “lodging

himself King of Prussia, Frederick I sought to express his new status by ordering the construction of stately baroque extensions and small buildings for court functions. Frederick the Great had the equipment

Polynesia. Marble House and Peacock Island House ‒ two royal residences along the Havel River built by Frederick William II ‒ are included among these views. Widespread enthusiasm for the “South Seas” at that [...] journeys were also used to identify how the area could potentially be exploited in ways that allowed Great Britain to expand its global supremacy further. Two Prussian natural scientists, Johann Reinhold and

served as a summer residence for the Prussian queen Elisabeth Christine, who was married to Frederick the Great. She commissioned Johan Michael Boumann senior in 1763/64 to build extensions and transform [...] home for General Joachim von Grumbkow, the core of which survives. Shortly afterwards, Elector Frederick III acquired the property, and he appointed Johann Friedrich Eosander von Göthe to work on it until

plants and the majestic structure in Italian Renaissance style indicate the great affection for Italy cherished by Frederick William IV. The complex was built between 1851 and 1864 to designs by Prussia’s [...] silk and mineral decoration. The heart of this palace complex is the Raphael Hall. Conceived by Frederick William IV as a museum space, the impressive roof-lit hall contains about 50 copies of paintings

the Prussian royal court: After all, it was the 15-year-old Crown Prince Frederick William (IV) who asked his father King Frederick William III to acquire the pair of paintings ‘Monk by the Sea’ and ‘The [...] Works by the great Romantic artist in the SPSG collection With nine paintings from all of the artist's creative phases, the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG) owns one of

been largely restored to their original form. The complex was substantially enlarged after Frederick the Great ascended the throne. In 1740 work began, to plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, on [...] 1788 and 1791. Frederick William III and his wife Queen Luise likewise favoured Charlottenburg as a summer residence. Luise occupied the former winter chambers of her father-in-law, Frederick William II, [...] with the baroque French style of Le Nôtre. There were major extensions and conversions here after Frederick I was crowned King of Prussia in 1701. Baroque interiors such as the Porcelain Room, the chapel

of source material that has been expanded since its inception (1762–63) during the reign of Frederick the Great. The KPM Archive contains more than 46,000 objects that fall into the categories of template

commissioned by “Great Elector” Frederick William of Brandenburg and by his successor Frederick III/I are part of the museum presentations in Oranienburg, Caputh, and Charlottenburg Palaces. Frederick II’s placement [...] well as objects acquired by Crown Prince Frederick William (IV) for Charlottenhof Palace and the Roman Baths and by Prince Carl in Glienicke Palace. Frederick William IV and particularly his youngest brother [...] SPSG sculpture collection. Buildings and their corresponding parks from the reigns of Frederick William III and Frederick William IV, in particular, were designed with these sculptures. Some sculptors from

Exhibitions Open all year round Newly staged Frederick the Great at Charlottenburg Palace Permanent Exhibition Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg – Neuer Flügel Ridolfo Schadow. The Judgement of Cupid Sculpture [...] and Political Reaction Free Admission New Garden Abandoning the baroque park notion under King Frederick William II free admission Marble House Early Classicism in Prussia Tickets at the palace register

Bank for the landscape park at Glienicke, which had come to the bank from the estate of Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia, who died in 1931. For propaganda purposes, Lippert opened Glienicke Park as [...] family tradition”, Lippert openly threatened them with compulsory expropriation. Consequently, the great grandson of Prince Carl sold the palace and the hunting lodge in 1939 – likewise far below their actual

Friedrich Graf von der Groeben Paretz, Paretz Royal Coach House Equestrian Statue of Frederick William, “The Great Elector” Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg Otaheitisches Kabinett (Tahitian Chamber) Berlin