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Overview of Sanssouci Palace above trellised grape vines & reflecting pool. Potsdam, Germany. | Sanssouci Palace facade with carved figures holding up roof. Potsdam, Germany. Style: Roccoco. Architect: Georg Wenzelaus von Knobelsdorff. | Curved end of Schloss Sanssouci meaning without cares. Potsdam, Germany. | Atlas like figures of Sanssouci Palace. Potsdam, Germany. |
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Sanssouci Palace Roccoco interior. Potsdam, Germany. | Roccoco doors with musical instruments in Sanssouci Palace. Potsdam, Germany. | Roccoco gold decorations & mirrors in Sanssouci Palace. Potsdam, Germany. | Roccoco wall panel detail with cherubs fishing in Sanssouci Palace. Potsdam, Germany. |
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Gold & blue lacework pergola at Sanssouci Palace with sunshine face. Potsdam, Germany. | Details of pergola beside Sanssouci Palace. Potsdam, Germany. | Gold instruments on pergola at Sanssouci Palace. Potsdam, Germany. | Classical-style sculpture of greek helmeted god with dog in Sanssouci garden. Potsdam, Germany. |
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Classical sculpture array in Sanssouci garden. Potsdam, Germany. | New Rooms (Neue Kammern) or orangery (1747) with windmill behind in Sanssouci garden. Potsdam, Germany. Architect: Georg Wenzelaus von Knobelsdorff. | Windmill detail in Sanssouci garden. Potsdam, Germany. | Statue of Frederick the Great in front of New Orangery. Potsdam, Germany. |
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New Orangery (Neue Orangerie) (1851-60) in Sanssouci garden. Potsdam, Germany. Style: Italian Renaissance. | Chinese Teahouse (18thC) in winter at Sanssouci garden. Potsdam, Germany. | Circular upper section of Chinese Teahouse with gold details. Potsdam, Germany. | Gold columns & figures which encircle Chinese Teahouse. Potsdam, Germany. |
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Gold Chinese figures sitting at base of Chinese Teahouse. Potsdam, Germany. | Gold Chinese string musician with wide hat on Chinese Teahouse. Potsdam, Germany. | Gold Chinese woman with bells on Chinese Teahouse. Potsdam, Germany. | Schloss Charlottenhof (1826-9). Potsdam, Germany. Style: Italian Villa. Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel. |
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Neues Palais (1763-9) commissioned by Frederick the Great. Potsdam, Germany. Style: Baroque. | Detail of lamp at Neues Palais. Potsdam, Germany. | Sculpted couple embrace on lamp at Neues Palais. Potsdam, Germany. | Dome of Neues Palais. Potsdam, Germany. |
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Facade of Neues Palais. Potsdam, Germany. | Outbuildings or Communs of Neues Palais. Potsdam, Germany. | Two Communs of Neues Palais are joined by colonnade. Potsdam, Germany. | Roofline of Neues Palais set with baroque statues against dramatic sky. Potsdam, Germany. |
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Brandenburger Tor arched gate (1770) in Roman & Baroque styles. Potsdam, Germany. Architect: Karl von Gontard & Georg Friedrich Unger. | Hydraulic waterworks building (1841-2) disguised as a mosque complete with minarets. Potsdam, Germany. | Old Potsdam city hall. Potsdam, Germany. | Nikolaikirche (1837). Potsdam, Germany. Style: German Classicism. Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel. |
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Multicolored apartment buildings south of Luisenplatz. Potsdam, Germany. | Multicolored apartment buildings south of Luisenplatz. Potsdam, Germany. | Streetcar in Luisenplatz. Potsdam, Germany. |
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