Glienicke Palace (german: Schloss Glienicke) is a historic palace located on the peninsula of

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Wannsee Wannsee () is a locality in the southwestern Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, Germany. It is the westernmost locality of Berlin. In the quarter there are two lakes, the larger ''Großer Wannsee'' (Greater Wannsee, "See" means lake) and the ...

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. It was designed by

Karl Friedrich Schinkel Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed both neoclassica ...

around 1825 for Prince

Carl of Prussia Prince Frederick Charles Alexander of Prussia (german: Friedrich Karl Alexander; 29 June 1801 – 21 January 1883) was a younger son of Frederick William III of Prussia. He served as a Prussian general for much of his adult life and became the fir ...

.Glienicke Palace
/ref> Since 1990, Glienicke Palace and the park have been part of the UNESCO

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Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (german: Schlösser und Gärten von Potsdam und Berlin) are a group of palace complexes and extended landscape gardens located in the Havelland region around Potsdam and the German capital of Berlin. The term ...

" because of their unique contribution to Prussian landscape architecture.

Location

The palace is situated near the

Glienicke Bridge The Glienicke Bridge (german: Glienicker Brücke, ) is a bridge across the Havel River in Germany, connecting the Wannsee district of Berlin with the Brandenburg capital Potsdam. It is named after nearby Glienicke Palace. The current bridge, the ...

, on the

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across from the Glienicke Hunting Lodge. Around the palace is

Park Glienicke Park Glienicke, (German: ''Park Klein-Glienicke'' or ''Glienicker Park'') is an ''English landscape garden'' in the southwestern outskirts of Berlin, Germany. It is located in the locality of Wannsee in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough. Close to ...

History

The palace was designed by

for Prince

. The building, originally merely a cottage, was turned into a summer palace in the late Neoclassical style. Inside the palace were antique ''

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'' which Prince Carl of Prussia brought back from his trips. Particularly striking are two golden lion statues in front of the south frontage, which were also designed by Schinkel. The lions are versions of the "

Medici lions The Medici lions are a pair of marble sculptures of lions: one of which is Roman, dating to the 2nd century AD, and the other a 16th-century pendant. Both were by 1598 placed at the Villa Medici, Rome. Since 1789 they have been displayed at th ...

" from the

Villa Medici The Villa Medici () is a Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the larger Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy. The Villa Medici, founded by Ferdinando I de' Medici, ...

in Rome. The palace is administered by the '' Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg''. The palace's park is now called the ''Volkspark Glienicke''.

Gallery

Image:Gemälde August Haun.jpg, ''Garden-courtyard in Glienicke'' (1837) by August C. Haun File:Glienicke Palace in the yard.jpg, The courtyard of Glienicke Palace

References

External links

Glienicke PalacePotsdam from Above – Schloss Glienicke
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