Potsdam’s Sanssouci Palace is a Rococo masterpiece tailored to a king's taste. Don’t miss the eight-tier garden and art collection.
Potsdam’s Sanssouci Palace is a Rococo masterpiece tailored to a king's taste. Don’t miss the eight-tier garden and art collection.
"He's kind of like a George Washington character," says Kevin Kennedy, a Berlin-based tour guide and college history lecturer. "He tried to get farmers to grow them in a province but was met with mixed success." Though Frederick pushed the potato, Kennedy says, the root vegetable only became popular in Germany in the 19th Century.
Conceived as a Renaissance villa by King Frederick William IV, the palace represented his infatuation with the Mediterranean. "The King couldn't go to Italy, so Italy came to him,” Kennedy says. Sadly, Belvedere was finished in 1863 two years after his death. Set on a hill, the palace offers commanding views, including a view of Berlin on a clear day.
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