We were at Potsdam for a day but did not manage to do ANY sight-seeing!! We only manage to catch a glimpse of Palace Sanssouci on the bus! WHAT A PITY=( Oh well.... Boring symposium on the last few days of our trip made us felt tremendously deprived!
University of Potsdam: I dont remember seeing this spectacular view of the University when I was there.
Sanssouci, former summer palace of Frederick the Great. Sanssouci is the former summer palace of Frederick the Great , King of Prussia(old name for Germany: I did not know that!), at Potsdam. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it too is notable for the numerous temples and follies in Sanssouci Park. The palace was designed to fulfil Frederick's need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court. This is emphasized by the palace's name: a French phrase (sans souci) which translates loosely as "without cares" or "carefree" symbolising that the palace was a place for relaxation rather than a seat of power. The palace is little more than a large single-storey villa. Containing just ten principal rooms, it was built on the brow of a terraced hill at the centre of the park.
Architectural detail from the central bow of the garden façade: Atlas and Caryatids.
One of the two segmented colonnades enclosing the cour d'honneur on the northern side of the palace. This was probably the ONLY scene of Potsdam(apart from the university) that we saw=(
View of the New Palace from the gardens
The New Palace in Sanssouci Park
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