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Mausoleum for Queen Luise, wife of Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III, in the gardens of Charlottenburg Palace. Queen Luise died in 1810, only 34 years old.She was much regretted and remembered for her gentleness and patriotism during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Mausoleum for Queen Luise, wife of Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III, i...

"Altes Museum", the Old Museum, Berlin. Built in 1825, it was Prussia's first museum building. The Greek temple-style for museum buildings has since been copied the world over. 18 huge Ionic columns support the hall.
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"Altes Museum", the Old Museum, Berlin. Built in 1825, it was Prussia's first m...

"Altes Museum", the Old Museum, Berlin, 1825, Prussia's first museum building. The colonnade of Ionic columns, with a monument to Karl Friedrich Schinkel, by Friedrich Drage, 1876.
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"Altes Museum", the Old Museum, Berlin, 1825, Prussia's first museum building. T...

"Altes Museum," the Old Museum, Berlin, 1825. The central rotunda which opens into the showrooms. The old museum was Prussia's first museum building.
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"Altes Museum," the Old Museum, Berlin, 1825. The central rotunda whic...

Monument for the dead of the 1813-1814 "War of Liber- ation" against Napoleon, in Berlin-Spandau. 12 lances form a cone-shaped lattice. Four shields with helmets and the names of the war-dead. A grenade atop the monu- ment in memory of the storming of Spandau fortress.
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Monument for the dead of the 1813-1814 "War of Liber- ation" against Napoleon,...

Monument for Queen Luise at Gransee. Cast iron. Queen Luise, wife of Frederic Wilhelm III, died in 1810 aged only 34. Her body was brought from Mecklenburg to Berlin and during the voyage lay in state at Gransee. The monument was erected in memory of that night.
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Monument for Queen Luise at Gransee. Cast iron. Queen Luise, wife of Fre...

Cast iron fence, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for the Potsdam barracks in 1804. The fence stands now in front of a modern school building.
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Cast iron fence, designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for the Potsdam barracks...

The Nicolai Church, Potsdam. Building began under Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who used motifs from the Pantheon, Paris, and St. Paul's Cathedral, London. Begun in 1828, it was continued by Ludwig Persius after Schinkel's death in 1841 and finished by August Sthler in 1845.
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The Nicolai Church, Potsdam. Building began under Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who...

"Hofgaertnerhaus", - court gardener's house - in the gardens of Sanssouci. Designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel, both buildings were executed by his pupil Ludwig Persius, 1829-1830. View from the garden; foreground: cast-iron bench designed by Schinkel.
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"Hofgaertnerhaus", - court gardener's house - in the gardens of Sansso...

The Roman Baths in the Sanssouci gardens, loggias in the form of a Roman podium temple.
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The Roman Baths in the Sanssouci gardens, loggias in the form of a...

Interior of the Roman Baths in the gardens of Sanssouci View from the atrium. The tub, green jasper, was a present from Czar Nicolaus I. Designed by Schinkel, executed by his pupil Persius 1834-1840.
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Interior of the Roman Baths in the gardens of Sanssouci View from the atrium. Th...

Cast iron garden furniture on the porch of the Roman Baths; Sanssouci Gardens. Bench, three chairs and marble-topped table.
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Cast iron garden furniture on the porch of the Roman Baths; Sanssouci Gardens...