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Palace
Schloss Sanssouci
Summer palace of Frederick the Great, atop vineyard terraces. 18th-century Rococo, original rooms and the king's tomb on the upper terrace.
Brandemburgo · Germany Capital
Potsdam
In the destination Berlim and Potsdam.
In the photo: Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam
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The city
What to expect from Potsdam.
Capital of the state of Brandenburg, adjacent to Berlin, Potsdam was the summer city of the kings of Prussia. Park Sanssouci brings together Frederick the Great's palace and the monumental Neues Palais. In the centre are the Alter Markt with the Museum Barberini, the Holländisches Viertel and the city's Brandenburger Tor. To the north are the Neuer Garten and the Glienicker Brücke, the Cold War Bridge of Spies.
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The local experience
What to see in Potsdam
Park
Park Sanssouci
Royal park of about 300 hectares, a World Heritage Site, with palaces, fountains, the Casa Chinesa, the Friedenskirche and paths that connect Sanssouci to the Neues Palais.
Palace
Neues Palais
Monumental Baroque palace on the western edge of the Park Sanssouci, built by Frederick the Great after the Seven Years' War. It has the Grottensaal and a theatre.
Park
Neuer Garten
Park on the shores of the Heiliger See and Jungfernsee lakes, where the Marmorpalais and the Cecilienhof palace are located, the venue of the Potsdam Conference in 1945.
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Historic neighborhood
Holländisches Viertel
Neighborhood of 134 exposed-brick houses in Dutch style, built between 1733 and 1742 in central Potsdam. Today it has cafés, shops and restaurants.
Monument
Brandenburger Tor
Potsdam gate in the form of a Roman triumphal arch, built in 1770 and 1771, two decades before the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin.
Square
Alter Markt
Historic square in the centre of Potsdam, surrounded by the Nikolaikirche with its green dome, the old Rathaus, the Palácio Barberini and the reconstructed Stadtschloss.
Museum
Museum Barberini
Art museum on the Alter Markt, in a reconstructed palace inspired by the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. It has a notable collection of Impressionist painting.
Bridge
Glienicker Brücke
Iron bridge over the river Havel between Potsdam and Berlin, famous for the spy exchanges between East and West during the Cold War.