This article is about the royal palace in Germany. For the royal palace in Haiti, see Sans-Souci Palace. For other uses, see Sans Souci (disambiguation).
Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
Design and construction
Architect(s)
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff
Website
Official website
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type
Cultural
Criteria
i, ii, iv
Designated
1990 (14th session)
Part of
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Reference no.
532
Region
Europe and North America
Sanssouci (German pronunciation:[ˈsãːsusi]) is a historical building in Potsdam, near Berlin. Built by Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it, too, is notable for the numerous temples and follies in the surrounding park. The palace was designed and built by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to meet Frederick's need for a private residence where he could escape the pomp and ceremony of the royal court. 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. Containing just ten principal rooms, it was built on the brow of a terraced hill at the centre of the park. The influence of King Frederick's personal taste in the design and decoration of the palace was so great that its style is characterised as "Frederician Rococo", and his feelings for the palace were so strong that he conceived it as "a place that would die with him".[1] Because of a disagreement about the site of the palace in the park, Knobelsdorff was fired in 1746. Jan Bouman, a Dutch architect, finished the project.
Sanssouci Palace and its reflection in the pond at Sanssouci Park
During the 19th century, the palace became a residence of Frederick William IV. He employed the architect Ludwig Persius to restore and enlarge the palace, while Ferdinand von Arnim was charged with improving the grounds and thus the view from the palace. The town of Potsdam, with its palaces, was a favourite place of residence for the German imperial family until the fall of the Hohenzollern dynasty in 1918.
After World War II, the palace became a tourist attraction in East Germany. Following German reunification in 1990, Frederick's body was returned to the palace and buried in a new tomb overlooking the gardens he had created. Sanssouci and its extensive gardens became a World Heritage Site in 1990 under the protection of UNESCO;[2] in 1995, the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg was established to care for Sanssouci and the other former imperial palaces in and around Berlin. These palaces are now visited by more than two million people each year from all over the world.
^"Spröde Fassadengeschichten". Berliner Zeitung. 19 February 2003.
^"Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin". UNESCO World Heritage List. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
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