Sanssouci Palace

Potsdam's palace of Sanssouci (1745-47) was built by Knobelsdorff on the basis of sketches by Frederick the Great. It is a single-story Roccoco building with an elliptical dome in the center of the garden front and a circular room at each end. The garden front has rich plastic decoration (by F. C. Glume); on the rear front is the Grand Courtyard, enclosed by colonnades of Corinthian columns.The most notable features of the interior are the oval Marble Hall, with double Corinthian columns; the Little Gallery, with decoration by Hoppenhaupt; the Concert Room, with murals by A. Pesne; the Bedroom and Study (by F. W. von Erdmannsdorff); the Library, with antique busts; and the Voltaire Room.