Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Monument
to the Great Elector
The equestrian monument
of Friedrich Wilhelm I is
considered to be one of his
most dignified portraits. Made
in 1696-1703 by Andreas
Schlüter, it originally stood
on the Rathausbrücke, near
the destroyed Stadtschloss.
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Neuer Flügel
Built between 1740
and 1747 by Georg Wen-
zeslaus von Knobels-
dorff, the new wing
contains Frederick the
Great's private quarters.
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Palace Layout
Schlosspark
The palace park, originally Baroque in style, was
redesigned by Peter Joseph Lenné between 1818
and 1828 as an English-style landscape garden.
Belvedere
Friedrich Wilhelm II
liked to escape to the
romantic Belvedere, a
summer residence built
in 1788 by Carl Gotthard
Langhans, which served
as a tea pavilion.
Today it houses a
collection of precious
Berlin porcelain objects.
Neuer Pavillon
This Italianate villa
behind the palace,
designed by Schinkel
for Friedrich Wilhelm III
in 1825, was inspired
by the Villa Reale del
Chiatamone in Naples.
The pavilion clearly
shows the Hohenzollern's
love of the Italian style.
Mausoleum
Slightly hidden, this
Neo-Classical building
(above)
by Schinkel, is
the final resting place for
Queen Luise and other
Hohenzollerns.
Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte
The museum displays archaeological finds from
prehistory right up to the Middle Ages, including
tools, ceramics and textiles. Also on display is part of
the famous Priamus treasure excavated by Heinrich
Schliemann in Troy, which comprises precious
golden jewellery from antiquity.
For more on Charlottenburg
see pp78-83
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