Sanssouci Palace

The locks and gar­dens Sans­souci de­ve­l­o­ped in 18. and 19. Cen­tury as sum­mer re­si­dence of the Prus­sian kings and a Ger­man em­peror. Since 1744 nor­thwest the Bran­den­bur­ger sub­urb put on, in the 60's 19. Cen­tury at a cer­tain con­clu­sion ar­ri­ves. Core of the total en­sem­ble is the lock Sans­souci with its off­si­tes, when sum­mer re­si­dence builds Fried­rich II.. Single-storey three-wing plant also by Sa­eu­len­ko­lon­nade li­mi­ted ho­nour yard. Ri­sa­litar­ti­ger cen­tral tract, on the gar­den side Kup­pel­be­kro­enung and Her­men­pi­las­ter­paare; at the nar­row sides round pa­vi­li­ons. At the south slope of the hill course un­der­ne­ath the lock ter­race six ar­chi­tec­tu­ral vi­ney­ard ter­ra­ces with green­house ni­ches re­cipro­cally one axi­ally on the lock lea­ding stairs.