Charlottenburg Palace by shutterbugs

Photography • Architecture • posted on Jul 03, 2008

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Schloss Charlottenburg is the largest existing palace in Berlin. Initially, under the name of Lietzenburg, the palace was constructed in the Italian Baroque style by the architect Arnold Nering commissioned by Sophie Charlotte, the wife of Friedrich III, Elector of Brandenburg. After Friedrich's coronation in 1701 as King Friedrich I of Prussia and Charlotte his Queen, the palace--which was initially conceived as a summer retreat (Sommerhaus) from Berlin--was expanded into a magnificent building. After the death of his wife in 1705, Friedrich named the Schloss and the accompanying estate Charlottenburg in her memory. From 1709 to 1712 further building expansion was carried out, during which the characteristic turrets and the orangery appeared. Inside the Charlottenburg Palace used to be what was described as "the eighth wonder of the world", the Bernsteinzimmer, a room with its walls surfaced in decorative amber. The idea came from Danzig and Koenigsberg, where Gottfried Wolffram, Ernst Schacht and Gottfried Turau prepared the plans in 1701-09. The room was executed under the supervision of Andreas Schlueter. After the death of Friedrich I in 1713, Charlottenburg entered a new existence under its next owner, King Friedrich Wilhelm I. He gave the Amber Room in 1716 to Tsar Peter the Great as a present. Yet right after his death in 1740, the newly crowned King Friedrich II allowed Charlottenburg to be expanded by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, whereupon east of the palace rose the New Wing. Subsequently, Friedrich's interest in Charlottenburg was extinguished in favour of the Schloss Sanssouci at Potsdam (completed by 1747). About this shot. I got up really early one day in September to eat breakfast at my favorite bakery near the palace, and then went over to the palace grounds, which were virtually empty. That's why this capture has no people in it. Usually the front gate is open, cars are parked in front and it is swarming with people.

Comments (16)

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flora-crassella

10:51AM | Thu, 03 July 2008

...eine fantastische Aufnahme - wie immer !!!!

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GinoBossoleti

11:03AM | Thu, 03 July 2008

Es muy hermoso su trabajo Gino B.

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tetsu-pino

11:07AM | Thu, 03 July 2008

Excellent capture!!!

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Garlor

11:13AM | Thu, 03 July 2008

Impressive lighting and colours with a long history.

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billcody

11:24AM | Thu, 03 July 2008

Kenn ich.............LOL. A wonderful picture, my friend, as ever! And your information is great and correct, of course! Wanna get a job as tourguide here?.... LOL (Low money, much fun!)

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shutterbugs

11:27AM | Thu, 03 July 2008

Wild Bill .... your misty and foggy capture of Charlottenburg is the best!!

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