There are several pairs of figures carrying candelabras among the 54 sandstone sculptures that ornament the balustrades on the side of the New Palace facing the garden: Romans and Teutons, as well as
The so-called "Tip of the Kilimanjaro" – a small chunk of stone in the Grotto Hall at the New Palace, goes back to the first ascent of this massif by Hans Meyer in 1889. Meyer took a rock sample from
Originally, the busts of four Black men and women were part of the sculptural decoration in the First Rondel at Sanssouci Park . The images were probably created by Italian artists in the second half
The ivory furniture set, created around 1640, had been commissioned by Johann Moritz von Nassau-Siegen. As Governor of the Dutch West Indies Company in Brazil, Johann Moritz was one of the main protag
Prussia’s King Frederick the Great personally planned the design of this park rondel in 1746. Busts of a Roman emperor, a philosopher, and four Africans dressed in ancient garb were arranged in the ci
Formally, the bean game is a narrow table with several rounded hollows. It can be played with beans, stones, grains, shells, small pebbles or other items. The moves are made using mathematical strateg
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UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1990 Visitors to the palaces and gardens of Potsdam and Berlin are immersed in a cultural landscape that has inspired people for centuries – and has been a UNESCO Worl
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