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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST P Neues Palais
Am Neuen Palais. Tel 0331-969 4202.
Practical Information @ 605, 606, 695. Open Wed–Mon.
Chinesisches Teehaus: & 8
Ökonomieweg (Rehgarten). This imposing Baroque palace
Tel 0331-969 4202. Open May– was begun at the request of
Oct: Tue–Sun. Communs: Am Frederick the Great in 1763.
Neuen Palais. Römische Bäder: Decorated with hundreds of
Lenné-Strasse (Park Charlotten- sculptures, the vast two-story
hof). Tel 0331-969 4202. building contains more than 200 The elegant Baroque exterior of the Neue
Open May–Oct: Tue–Sun.
richly adorned rooms. Especially Kammern
Transport unusual is the Grottensaal
Schopenhauerstraße/Zur (Grotto Salon), where man-made Friedrich Schinkel and Ludwig
Historischen Mühle. @ 612, 614, stalactites hang from the ceiling. Persius in 1829, in the style of
695. Chinesisches Teehaus:. @ a Roman villa. The rear of the
606, 695. v 94, 96. Communs: P Schloss Sanssouci palace has a portico that opens
@ 605, 606, 695. Römische Zur Historischen Mühle. Tel 0331-969 out onto the garden terrace.
Bäder: @ 605, 606. v 91, 94. 4200. @ 612, 614, 695. v 94, 96. Some of the wall paintings,
Open Tue–Sun. & 8 produced by Schinkel, are still
Schloss Sanssouci is an enchan- in place.
ting Rococo palace, built in
1745–7. Frederick the Great P Neue Kammern
made the original sketches for Zur Historischen Mühle (Lustgarten).
the building. The walls of the Tel 0331-969 4200. @ 612, 614, 695.
Konzertzimmer (Concert Hall) Open Apr–Oct: Tue–Sun. & 8
are lined with paintings by Originally built as an orangery
Antoine Pesne. The greatest for Schloss Sanssouci in 1747,
treasures are the paintings the Neue Kammern (New
of fêtes galantes by Antoine Chambers) was remodeled
Watteau (1684–1721), a favorite as guest accommodations
artist of Frederick the Great. in 1777. The most impressive
Orangerie of the building’s four elegant
This Neo-Renaissance palace, P Orangerie Rococo halls is the Ovidsaal,
the largest in the park, was Maulbeerallee (Nordischer Garten). with its rich reliefs, vast mirror,
built in the mid-19th Tel 0331-969 4200. @ 695. and marble floors.
century to house Open Apr: Sat & Sun; May–Oct:
foreign royalty Tue–Sun. E Bildergalerie
and guests.
The highlight of this guest Zur Historischen Mühle. Tel 0331-969
house is the Raphael Hall, 4200. @ 612, 614, 695. Open May–
which is decorated with copies Oct: Tue–Sun. &
of works by the great Italian Constructed between 1755
Renaissance artist. The view and 1764 to a design by J.G.
from the observation terrace Buring, the Bildergalerie holds
extends over Potsdam. an exhibition of paintings
once owned by Frederick
P Schloss Charlottenhof the Great. Highlights include
Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse. Caravaggio’s Doubting Thomas
Tel 0331-969 4200. @ 606. v 94, 96. (1597), and Guido Reni’s
Open May–Oct: Tue–Sun. Cleopatra’s Death (1626), as
This small Neoclassical well as a number of works
palace was designed by by Rubens and van Dyck.

. Schloss Sanssouci
The oldest building in
the complex, this palace
contains the imposing
Marmorsaal (Marble Hall),
decorated with pairs of
columns made from Carrara
marble. Frederick the Great
wanted the room to be
based on the Pantheon
in Rome (see p382).

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