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Potsdam (1) / Germany

Glienicke Bridge on the River Havel (Potsdam)

Potsdam, independent city close to Berlin, is also the capital of Brandenburg. The first reference to the city dating from 993, in 1317 would get its charter. The city flourished in the time of the electors and again in the eighteenth century. Potsdam was severely damaged in World War II, especially after the Allied bombing of the night from 14 to 15 April 1945. Potsdam
remains one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. The most popular attractions are Schloss Sanssouci, the majestic royal summer residence, the Neuer Garten (New Garden) in Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) and Cecilienhof, the old, the Russian colony Alexandrowka; the Babelsberg film studios the parks around Schloss Babelsberg.

Nikolaikirche and Fortuna Gate (Potsdam)

»Buildings and places of interest:

" the Old Market Square (Alter Mark ) is the historic center of Potsdam. For three centuries it was the place where it won the City Palace (Stadtschloss), a royal palace built in 1662. Under Frederick the Great, the palace became the winter residence of Prussian kings. The palace was badly damaged during the bombing of 1945 and the Communist authorities demolished it in 1961. In 2002 Fortuna Gate was rebuilt in its original historical position, marking the first step in rebuilding the palace. Old Market Square is dominated today by the leadership of Nikolai (Church of St. Nicholas), built in 1837 in neoclassical style late, the prettiest of Potsdam. The building, erected on the site of an earlier Baroque church destroyed by fire in 1795, was the last work of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who designed the building but did not live to see it finished. What ended his disciples and Friedrich Ludwig Persius Stüler August.
The eastern part of the Market Square is dominated by the Alter Rathaus (Old Town Hall), built in 1755 by Dutch architect Johann Boumann (1706-1776). It has a feature circular tower, crowned with a golden Atlas holding the world on his shoulders. The long flag
Baroque ( Marstall ) than in the past housed the royal stables, the only building that remains of a royal residence. Data for 1714, and today houses a museum about the history and construction of the nearby Babelsberg film studio.
North of Old Market Square are the Französircherkirche (French Church) oval, built around 1750 by Boumann Huguenot community, and the Brandenburg Gate (built in 1770, and should not be confused with the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin).
"Viertel Holländisches : Another landmark of Potsdam is the Dutch Quarter, a complex of buildings that is unique in Europe, with about 150 houses built with red bricks in the Dutch style. It was built between 1733 and 1742 under the direction of Johann Boumann for Old Dutch craftsmen who had been invited to settle here by King Frederick William I in the early eighteenth century. The area comprising 134 houses with gables arranged in four groups and built with red brick and plaster ornamentation. Today, this area is one of the most visited neighborhoods Potsdam.

Alesandrowka (Potsdam)

" North of downtown is the Russian colony of Alexandrowka , a small enclave of Russian architecture (including a chapel Orthodox), built in 1826 under the direction of German architect Snethlage for a group of Russian immigrants. In 1999 the colony was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco.
" East Alexandrowka the colony is a large park, Neuer Garten (New Garden), which was designed in 1786 in English style and consists of two palaces, one of them, the Cecilienhof Palace, was where the Potsdam Conference in July and August 1945. The Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) was built in 1789 in the style of Classicism. The residence
Cecilienhof played a brief but important role in history when in 1945 hosted the Potsdam Conference. The palace, built between 1914 and 1917, is the latest of all buildings of the Hohenzollern dynasty. Asymmetrical building is a large timber framed, with courtyards and uneven cuts, which was designed by Paul Schultze-Naumburg the style of an English manor. The palace continued
being the residence of the Hohenzollern after they lost the crown and the royal family remained in Potsdam until February 1945. Cecilienhof today houses a hotel. The beautiful and spacious park is open to the public, although the rooms used in the Potsdam Conference are closed.

Cecilienhof (Potsdam)

The Marmorpalais small palace, situated on the lake, owes its name to Silesia marble lining the facade and is a beautiful early exponent of neoclassical architecture. The main body project, commissioned Carl Gotthard Langhans by King Frederick William II, was executed between 1787 and 1791 by Carl von Gontard under the direction of Langhans.
" Another interesting area of \u200b\u200bPotsdam is Babelsberg, a suburb east of downtown, home to the UFA film studios (Babelsberg Studios), and an extensive park with some interesting buildings, including the Babelsberg Palace, a Gothic palace designed by Schinkel. The huge park film
Filmpark Babensberg (Grossbeerenstrasse) was established in the place where the first movie filmed in Germany. Since 1917, the study belonged to the Universum-Film-AG (UFA), producer of some of the films most famous of silent films, including 'Metropolis' by Fritz Lang and a few other of Greta Garbo. 'The Blue Angel, "with Marlene Dietrich, also was shot in Babelsberg, but later studies were used for Nazi propaganda film. Schloss Babenberg
The flamboyant is one of the finest works of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who built it in 1833-1835 for Prince William (later Kaiser Wilhelm I). The irregular building, with numerous towers and viewpoints, reminds the English Gothic, Windsor Castle and Tudor style. It now houses the Museum of Prehistory.
" The Einsteinturm (Einstein Tower) (Albert-Einstein-Strasse) rose between 1920 and 1924 by architect Erich Mendelsohn in the top of Telegraphenberg. This tower is one of the finest exponents of German expressionist architecture. Its fantastic shapes show the dramatic effects that could be achieved with concrete. However, the high cost of formwork limited the use of this material to the first floor, the upper floors are of brick plastered with plaster.
"Schloss Sanssouci (in entrance in Potsdam 2 of this blog).
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