Sanssouci
Sancoussi is definitely the most famous sight in Potsdam. Every year,
2 million visitors walk though its halls.
Very short history:
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1744 Frederic the Great orders a small palace to be build
on the former"Wüsten Berg". Frederic the Great wanted the palace to
be build without a cellar, in contrast to his friend and architect Knobelsdorf.
If you walk through Sanssouci in the winter, you will be able to feel why
this was a big mistake.
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1745 Builing starts. Some month before, Frederic the
Great had already orderd a mausoleum to be build, where, according to the
legend, he then could be "without worries" (fr. = "sans souci"). However,
until 1991, only his dogs were buried there. He himself was first buried
in the Garnisonskirche in Potsdam and latern on in Hechingen.
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After the Seven Years War, Frederic the Great finally decided to life in
Potsdam and leave Berlin.
Click here to go to the chinese teahouse,
not far away from Sanssouci