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Monument<br />
to the Great Elector<br />
The equestrian monument<br />
of Friedrich Wilhelm I is<br />
considered to be one of his<br />
most dignified portraits. Made<br />
in 1696–1703 by Andreas<br />
Schlüter, it originally stood<br />
on the Rathausbrücke, near<br />
the destroyed Stadtschloss.<br />
Neuer Flügel<br />
Built between 1740<br />
and 1747 by Georg Wenzeslaus<br />
von Knobelsdorff,<br />
the new wing<br />
contains Frederick the<br />
Great’s private quarters.<br />
Schlosspark<br />
The palace park, originally Baroque in style, was<br />
redesigned by Peter Joseph Lenné between 1818<br />
and 1828 as an English-style landscape garden.<br />
Belvedere<br />
Friedrich Wilhelm II<br />
liked to escape to the<br />
romantic Belvedere, a<br />
summer residence built<br />
in 1788 by Carl Gotthard<br />
Langhans, which served<br />
as a tea pavilion.<br />
Today it houses a<br />
collection of precious<br />
Berlin porcelain objects.<br />
Mausoleum<br />
Slightly hidden, this<br />
Neo-Classical building<br />
(above) by Schinkel, is<br />
the final resting place for<br />
Queen Luise and other<br />
Hohenzollerns.<br />
Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte<br />
The museum displays archaeological finds from<br />
prehistory right up to the Middle Ages, including<br />
tools, ceramics and textiles. Also on display is part of<br />
the famous Priamus treasure excavated by Heinrich<br />
Schliemann in Troy, which comprises precious<br />
golden jewellery from antiquity.<br />
For more on Charlottenburg see pp78–83<br />
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Palace Layout<br />
Neuer Pavillon<br />
This Italianate villa<br />
behind the palace,<br />
designed by Schinkel<br />
for Friedrich Wilhelm III<br />
in 1825, was inspired<br />
by the Villa Reale del<br />
Chiatamone in Naples.<br />
The pavilion clearly<br />
shows the Hohenzollern’s<br />
love of the Italian style.<br />
Berlin’s Top 10<br />
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