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Secondary wings

Secondary wings






Date : between 1745 and 1747

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Définitif) : 1990, 1999

Item 4 on 6
Outdoor Architecture
Outdoor architecture (Building)

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Postam (Germany)

Description   

Flanking the corps de logis are two secondary wings, providing the large service accommodation and domestic offices necessary to serve an 18th-century monarch, even when in retreat from the world. In Frederick's time, these single-storey wings were covered with foliage to screen their mundane purpose. The eastern wing housed the secretaries', gardeners' and servants' rooms, while the west wing held the palace kitchen, stables and a remise (coach house).
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Secondary wings
Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff