Marble Palace (Potsdam)

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Marble Palace (Potsdam) is an 18th-century neoclassical royal residence on the shores of Lake Heiliger See in Potsdam, Germany, built for King Frederick William II of Prussia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building
palace
royal residence
architect Carl Gotthard Langhans
Carl von Gontard
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
commissionedBy Frederick William II of Prussia
completionDate 1793
constructionStartDate 1787
country Germany
hasCollection 18th-century decorative arts
Prussian royal furnishings
hasDome yes
hasFunction tourist attraction
hasGarden Neuer Garten park
hasNearbyBuilding Belvedere on the Pfingstberg
Cecilienhof Palace
hasStoreys 3
hasViewOf Heiliger See
Pfingstberg hill
surface form: Pfingstberg
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
historicEra Age of Enlightenment
historicPeriod 18th century
inception 1787
locatedIn Brandenburg
Neuer Garten
Potsdam
locatedInTimeZone Central European Time
locatedNear Potsdam city center
locatedOnWaterbody Heiliger See
materialUsed brick
marble
namedAfter use of marble in its construction
openToPublic yes
owner Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
surface form: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
partOf Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
cultural landscape of Potsdam
region Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region
surface form: Berlin/Brandenburg cultural region
roofMaterial copper
significantEvent residence of Frederick William II of Prussia
used by the Prussian royal family in the 18th and 19th centuries
stylePeriod late 18th-century Prussian classicism
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1990
usedFor museum
royal residence

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German Crown Prince Wilhelm birthPlace Marble Palace (Potsdam)
this entity surface form: Marmorpalais, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia
German Emperor residence Marble Palace (Potsdam)
this entity surface form: Marmorpalais, Potsdam
Heiliger See locatedNear Marble Palace (Potsdam)
this entity surface form: Marble Palace, Potsdam
Park Sanssouci hasPart Marble Palace (Potsdam)