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Inside The Neues Palais (New Palace), Potsdam, Germany.
Inside The Neues Palais (New Palace), Potsdam, Germany.

The Neues Palais, or New Palace, a grand residence on the large Sanssouci Park of Frederick II of Prussia (1712-1786), was commissioned at the end of the Seven Years’ War to advertise the strength of Prussia’s finances, despite the years of battle. Sanssouci, which means “without care,” was the name given to the summer estate Frederick II had built earlier, in 1744. The New Palace was a counterpart to the earlier, more modest Sanssouci Palace, which Frederick II, known as Frederick the Great, preferred for himself. Completed in 1769, the New Palace anchors the western end of the park’s main promenade, presenting a long garden façade of red faux brick with Corinthian pilasters in the colossal order (the pilasters reaching from the basement to nearly the top of the wall). In addition to many guest rooms and private apartments for the king, the palace housed several large reception halls and a magnificent theater, still in operation. Later in its history, the New Palace was the preferred residence of Kaiser Wilhelm II until his abdication in 1918. A museum since the time of the Weimar Republic, most of the New Palace’s interiors were preserved, although objects were removed to the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.

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Taken on: March 15, 2017
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Camera: Canon IXUS 255 HS, f/3.0, 1/20 sec, 4.3mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon IXUS 255 HS
Aperture: f/3.0
Exposure Time: 0.05 sec (1/20)
Focal Length: 4.3mm
ISO: 800
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Picasa
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Inside The Neues Palais (New Palace), Potsdam, Germany.

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