Neue Kammern von Sanssouci

The Neue Kammern von Sanssouci stands in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, as a guest palace within the palace ensemble. King Frederick the Great commissioned the building between 1771 and 1775. Georg Christian Unger transformed an orangery built in 1747 into a guesthouse, preserving its basic structure and adding a central cupola. The building flanks Sanssouci summer palace beside the Picture Gallery. Inside, seven guest rooms and two ballrooms display late Frederician Rococo through lacquered, painted, and inlaid cabinets. The guest rooms also contain paintings of Potsdam commissioned by Frederick the Great. The Jasper Room uses red jasper and grey Silesian marble. Johann Christoph Frisch painted its ceiling, while the Ovid Gallery presents gilded reliefs inspired by Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Johann David Räntz and Johann Lorentz Wilhelm Räntz created these sculptural decorations for the French-style mirrored ballroom. The spot is wheelchair accessible within the Sanssouci Park setting. The Neue Kammern von Sanssouci forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage designation Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin.

City: Potsdam
Content updated: 2026-06-22

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Image: Karl Christian Wilhelm BaronPublic domain
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