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  | Schloss Charlottenburg
Berlin (Germany)
| Luisenplatz -Spandauer Damm 20-24 14059
Phone : +(49) 3 03 20 911
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| | Charlottenburg Castle | | | Virtual tour |  | 9 sections and 33 items |
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Guide (1)
| Map and view by satellite
2008
How to get there :
- U-Bahn Richard Wagner Platz
- Bus numbers 109, 110, 145, X 26
- Closed on Mondays
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|  | Old Palace (5)
Altes Schloss
between 1695 and 1712
Initially, under the name of Lietzenburg, the palace was constructed in the Italian Baroque style by the architect Arnold Nering commissioned by Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg.
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|  | New Wing
Neuer Flügel
between 1740 and 1746
The New Wing at the Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin houses the Gallery of Romanticism.
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|  | Belvedere (1)
Tea House
between 1789 and 1790
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.
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|  | Mausoleum
1810
The mausoleum was originally the resting place of Queen Luise, the wife of Friedrich Wilhelm III. Following the death of Friedrich, Queen Luise's tomb was moved to make room for her husband's tomb.
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Park(s) and Garden(s) (1)
|  | Gardens of Charlottenburg Palace (23)
between 1697 and 1819
The grounds were laid out at the end of the 17th century by Simeon Godeau in the French style of André Le Notre, and at the end of the 18th century part of the parterre was transformed partly into an English landscape garden.
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Open daily excepted monday
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The grounds were laid out at the end of the 17th century by Simeon Godeau in the French style of André Le Notre, and at the end of the 18th century part of the parterre was transformed partly into an English landscape garden. In the palace grounds can be found the 1788 Belvedere teahouse by Carl Gotthard Langhans, the 1824/1825 Neapolitan villa styled New Pavillion and the 1810 mausoleum built for Queen Luise.
In the Second World War, the palace was severely damaged. After 1945 it was rebuilt and functions now as a museum (also as a worthy sight-seeing destination). In the one-time theatre can be found the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (a museum of prehistoric archaeology), and in the small orangery a restaurant.
The palace park as a large, well-laid out park still serves as a recreational town park for the nearby sparsely populated Charlottenburger Altstadt (old town of Charlottenburg). However, plans are being considered to levy an entry fee for the park.
From 2004 until early 2006, Charlottenburg Palace was the seat of the President of Germany, whilst Schloss Bellevue was being renovated. | | History | |
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Schloss Charlottenburg, one of the finest examples of baroque architecture in Germany, was built by Sophie Charlotte. This beautiful and intelligent woman, a patron of philosophy and the arts, was the wife of Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg, who, on January 18, 1701, crowned himself Friedrich I, "King in Prussia." He dared not call himself "King of Prussia" because some parts of Prussia were still dominated by Poland. He nearly bankrupted the state with his extravagant ways.
Initially, under the name of Lietzenburg, the palace was constructed in the Italian Baroque style by the architect Arnold Nering.
The palace, which was initially conceived as a summer retreat from Berlin (Sommerhaus) was expanded by the architect Eosander von Göthe into a magnificent building. After the death of his wife in 1705, Friedrich named the Schloss and the accompanying estate Charlottenburg in her memory. From 1709 to 1712 further building expansion was carried out, during which the characteristic turrets and the orangery appeared.
Inside the Charlottenburg Palace used to be what was described as "the eighth wonder of the world" — the Bernsteinzimmer, a room with its walls surfaced in decorative amber. The idea came from Danzig and Königsberg, where Gottfried Wolffram, Ernst Schacht and Gottfried Turau prepared the plans in 1701-09. The room was executed under the supervision of Andreas Schlüter.
After the death of Friedrich I in 1713 Charlottenburg entered a new existence under its next owner, King Friedrich Wilhelm I. He gave the Amber Room in 1716 to Tsar Peter the Great as a present. Yet right after his death in 1740, the newly crowned King Friedrich II allowed Charlottenburg to be expanded by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, whereupon east of the palace rose the New Wing. Subsequently, Friedrich's interest in Charlottenburg was extinguished in favour of the Schloss Sanssouci at Potsdam (completed by 1747).
The palace was in its best finished form under Friedrich Wilhelm II with the completion of the western palace theatre and the small orangery of Carl Gotthard Langhans.
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottenburg_Palace
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