Gardening at the highest level
Sanssouci - This is not just the old Fritz Castle, its cozy sanctuary with a wide view of Potsdam. Sanssouci is, above all, a garden with a unique terrace complex and magnificent fountain in the center, world-famous and in 1990 listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. For more than 250 years, the top art parks here have been combined with the work of the most capable architects and sculptors of their time.
In 1743, Frederick the Great planned himself for his castle with the terraced area dedicated to growing wine and had his burial ground here. Later King Frederick William IV had a garden between the special castle of Sanssouci and the great new palace once again greatly expanding. The French-style Friedrichs Park was intertwined with a stunning 19th-century garden and was complemented by magnificent landscapes, classic buildings and romance.
Today, visitors can walk through the changing styles of wonderful gardening. The aesthetics and philosophy of the former inhabitants of these palaces can be discovered in areas of gardens with full shapes, buildings, water features or more than 1,000 statues.
The approximately 300-acre Park Sanssouci extends from east to west for more than two kilometers, for a detailed tour of your time. About 60 gardener graze with family, family, trees and lawns. The magnificent ground floor at the foot of the Sanssouci Palace is decorated twice a year with over 230,000 historic-style plants.
