Sanssouci

The Palace of Sanssouci is in Potsdam - a city next to Berlin and the capital of Brandenburg. I love Potsdam but I have to say that I am not that big fan of Palace of Sanssouci like all the others. I like the New Palais at the end of the park more - I will write more about it in a little blog.

Sanssouci was buildt under the reign of Frederick II of Prussia (german: Friedrich II. der Große von Preussen). He was not just a King he was as well a freethinker, a musician and a writer and invited the French philosoph Voltaire to his Palace but Frederick's wife Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern (german: Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern) never saw that palace as Frederick was not interested in his wife and so she had to live in Exile in an other Berlin Palace for about 50 years. Her husband had no interest in her.

I have as well here a pic of his graveyard next to the palace. He is buried together with his dogs and you will see that there are potatoes on his grave. People still lay them down as he brought potatoes to Prussia and people are still thankfull for that. But he was the only one who didn't like to eat them :))