Sanssouci Palace

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Sanssouci Palace Description

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.

Hobbies & Activities category: Decorative arts display; Significant work of art; Castle, chateau, palace; Library; Architecture - Baroque or Rococo; UNESCO World Heritage Site

Sanssouci Palace Highlights

Domestic Offices

To the rear of Potsdam's New Palace are the Communs (domestic offices), two brick buildings in Baroque style (by Gontard, 1765-69), with columned porticoes and curving external staircases; they are

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Marlygarten

Near the east end of Potsdam's Sanssouci Park is the Marlygarten, originally Frederick William I's kitchen garden, laid out by Lenné in 1845-46 as a landscaped park.

New Rooms

Southwest of Potsdam's Sanssouci Palace are the Neue Kammern (New Rooms), originally built by Knobelsdorff in 1747 as an orangery and converted by G. C. Unger in 1771-74 into Frederick the Great's

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Address

Sanssouci Palace
D-14469 Potsdam
Germany

Hours

April 1 to October 31

Open	Closed	Closed	Closed	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00
Closed				19:00	19:00	19:00	19:00

November 1 to March 31

Open	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00	9:00
Closed	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00	16:00