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    Potsdam - Schloss Sanssouc | photo by: Raimond Spekking

    Potsdam, Germany: Potsdam - Schloss Sanssouc
    Potsdam - Schloss Sanssouc | photo by: Raimond Spekking
    Sanssouci (French 'without cares') is the Palace and surrounding Park built in Potsdam, Germany by Frederick the Great.

    Sanssouci is the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia at Potsdam, just outside Berlin. 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 Sanssouci Park. The palace was designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to fulfil Frederick's need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court. This is emphasized by the palace's name: a French phrase (sans souci) which translates loosely as 'without cares' or 'carefree' symbolising that the palace was a place for relaxation rather than a seat of power. The palace 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. So great was the influence of Frederick's personal taste in the design and decoration of the palace that its style is characterised as Frederician Rococo, and so personally did he regard the palace that he conceived it as 'a place that would die with him'. Because of a disagreement about the sight of the palace from the park Knobelsdorff was fired in 1746. Jan Bouman, a Dutch architect finished the project.
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