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Sights Of Potsdam
The following is a list of sights of Potsdam, the capital of the German state of Brandenburg in Germany. Sanssouci Park The historic Sanssouci Park, park of Sanssouci covers an area of about 290 hectares and is thus the largest and best known in the March of Brandenburg. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Frederick II of Prussia, Frederick the Great and Frederick William IV of Prussia, Frederick William IV influenced the park in the contemporary architectural styles of Rococo and Classicism and had an artistic synthesis of architecture and gardens constructed, whose centrepiece is the vineyard terraces and the palace of Sanssouci that crowns them. * Sanssouci Palace (built 1745 to 1747, symbol of the town) * New Palace (Potsdam), New Palace (''Neues Palais'') (1763 to 1769) * Charlottenhof Palace (''Schloss Charlottenhof'') (1826 to 1829) * Orangery Palace (''Orangerieschloss''), also called the Orangery (''Orangerie'') or New Orangery (''Neue Orangerie'') (1851 to 1864) * New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Potsdam Stadtblick 1871
Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin, and lies embedded in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which are located within Potsdam's city limits. It lies some southwest of Berlin's city centre. The name of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic languages, Slavic origin. Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Emperor, German Kaiser until 1918. Its planning embodied ideas of the Age of Enlightenment: through a careful balance of architecture and landscape, Potsdam was intended as "a picturesque, pastoral dream" which would remind its residents of their relationship with nature and reason. The city, which is over 1000 years old, is widely known for its palaces, its lakes, and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
