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New Palace (Neues Palais), Sanssouci Park

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New Palace (Neues Palais), Sanssouci Park

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New Palace (Neues Palais), Sanssouci Park

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Anette

June 21, 2022

The mighty building of the New Palace at the western end of Sanssouci Park was clearly used for representation. It was the last palace that Frederick the Great had built in his park and a demonstration of the unbroken potential of the Prussian state after the meager years of privation and hardship of the Seven Years' War.

The grounds and furnishings are sumptuous and exuberant. A tour of the magnificent halls is very worthwhile. You can find the opening hours and further information here: spsg.de/schloesser-gaerten/objekt/neues-palais.

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Siegfried LG

September 21, 2017

The New Palace is a palace on the west side of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam. Construction began in 1763 after the end of the Seven Years' War under Frederick the Great and was completed in 1769. It is considered to be the last significant baroque palace complex in Prussia. Friedrich had not planned it as a royal residence, but as a palace for guests of his court. Kaiser Wilhelm II made the New Palace his summer residence from 1888 to 1918.

The palace managed by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg is accessible as a museum. The Communs, the former farm buildings, house the faculties and parts of the administration of the University of Potsdam.

In the far west, still behind the front of the New Palace and the Mopke, the Palace Park is closed off by the Communs. The purpose and name of the two buildings corresponded to the model of the Grand Commun at the Palace of Versailles. As they were built there in direct relation to the palace, they also served as accommodation for the king's guests and officials as well as for their servants, in addition to housing the latter's kitchens and other utility rooms. Carl von Gontard erected these representative buildings in the years 1766 to 1769 according to the drafts of the architect Jean Laurent Legeay, which he improved. Their connection via the colonnade arch with the triumphal gate make them a unified whole and give the New Palace an effective counterpart, before uninhabited forest areas join further to the west. Supplementary buildings were built in 1769 for the guards in the south and the castellan in the north.

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de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neues_Palais

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Sebastian

April 10, 2021

Beautiful! It's worth a visit!

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New Palace (Neues Palais), Sanssouci Park

1. Havel Cycle Route – Phöbener Havel Cycle Path loop from Ketzin

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