Cecilienhof Palace

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Cecilienhof Palace is a historic royal residence in Potsdam, Germany, best known as the site of the 1945 Potsdam Conference where Allied leaders negotiated the post–World War II order.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building
palace
royal residence
architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle English Tudor Revival
mock Tudor
builtFor Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin NERFINISHED
commissionedBy Kaiser Wilhelm II
constructionEnd 1917
constructionStart 1913
country Germany
event Potsdam Conference
eventEndDate 1945-08-02
eventStartDate 1945-07-17
hasFeature central courtyard with flowerbed
chimneys
decorative gables
half-timbered facades
multiple courtyards
hasMuseumExhibits Potsdam Conference rooms
documents and photographs from 1945 conference
original conference table
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
historicalSignificance agreement on occupation and administration of Germany
discussion of borders and reparations after World War II
negotiation of post–World War II order in Europe
locatedIn Brandenburg NERFINISHED
Neuer Garten
Potsdam
northern Potsdam
managedBy Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
material brick
timber framing
namedAfter Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin NERFINISHED
near Glienicke Bridge
Jungfernsee
openToPublic true
owner State of Brandenburg
participantsAtEvent Clement Attlee
Harry S. Truman
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
roofType steep gabled roofs
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1990
usedAs hotel
museum
residence of the German Crown Prince
site of the Potsdam Conference


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