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(modern-day Ghana). Construction of the fortification “Groß Friedrichsburg” was intended to protect a new trading base established there. From this location, the “Brandenburgisch-Afrikanische Compagnie” (BAC) [...] Information see museum-digital.de (in German) Also interesting Collection: Paintings Oranienburg Palace Museum

confined to the area around the palace, while a neo-Gothic dairy was built at the other end of the island. Frederick William III and his wife Queen Luise used the palace as a summer residence. From 1818 [...] 1818 Peter Joseph Lenné was commissioned to transform the island into a landscaped garden. Several new buildings were added, including the Palm House (razed by fire in 1880) and Schinkel’s Cavalier House