Marmorpalais
Marmorpalais stands in Potsdam’s Neuer Garten, beside the Heiliger See near Berlin. The former royal summer residence combines early Neoclassical design with views across gardens and water.
King Frederick William II commissioned the palace, which Carl von Gontard and Carl Gotthard Langhans built between 1787 and 1793. Red brick forms the main structure, while grey and white Silesian marble frames its decorative details. Inside, marble fireplaces, antique Italian sculptures, a concert hall and an Oriental cabinet shaped like a Turkish tent reveal the royal taste. A grotto-style dining room served summer meals on the ground floor. Michael Philipp Boumann added two side wings from 1797, linking them to the central building through quarter-circle galleries.
A round pavilion crowns the flat roof and opens a clear view over the landscape. The restored palace contains forty rooms and belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage site Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin.
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