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The palace's name is a French phrase (sans souci) meaning "without worries" or "carefree", emphasising that the palace was meant as a place of relaxation rather than a seat of power. Sanssouci is little more than a large, single-storey villa—more like the Château de Marly than Versailles.
The Picture Gallery (German: Bildergalerie) in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam was built in 1755–64 during the reign of Frederick II of Prussia under the supervision of Johann Gottfried Büring. [1] The Picture Gallery is situated east of the palace and is the oldest extant museum built for a ruler in Germany.
The Palace of Sans-Souci, or Sans-Souci Palace (French: Palais Sans Souci [palɛ sɑ̃ susi]), was the principal royal residence of Henry I, King of Haiti, better known as Henri Christophe. It is located in the town of Milot , approximately five kilometres (3 mi) northeast of the Citadelle Laferrière , and thirteen kilometres (8 mi) southwest ...
The Orangery Palace (German: Orangerieschloss) is a palace located in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam, Germany. It is also known as the New Orangery on the Klausberg , or just the Orangery . It was built on behest of the "Romantic on the Throne", King Friedrich Wilhelm IV ( Frederick William IV of Prussia ) from 1851 to 1864.
The New Palace (German: Neues Palais) is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci park in Potsdam, Germany. The building was begun in 1763, after the end of the Seven Years' War , under King Friedrich II ( Frederick the Great ) and was completed in 1769.
English: Sans-Souci Palace, National History Park, Haiti Kreyòl ayisyen : Palè Sansousi, Pak Nasyonal Istorik, Ayiti Français : Le Palais Sans-Souci , Parc National Historique, Haïti
The building, which stands to the west of Sanssouci Palace, serves as a complement to the Picture Gallery, which lies to the east.Both buildings flank the summer palace. The chambers replaced an orangery, which had been built at that site in 1747 on plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff and held the terraces' potted plants during the winter mont
Babelsberg Palace on the Havel.. Bordering the Tiefer See on the River Havel lies Babelsberg Park, covering an area of 114 hectares. In 1833, on the order of Prince William, later Emperor William I and his wife, Augusta the landscape gardener, Peter Joseph Lenné, and Prince Hermann of Pückler-Muskau began turning the rolling terrain that sloped down towards the lake into a park.