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Babelsberg Palace | |
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Schloss Babelsberg | |
General information | |
Type | Palace |
Architectural style | Gothic revival |
Town or city | Potsdam |
Country | Germany |
Coordinates | 52°24′25″N 13°05′35″E / 52.407°N 13.093°E |
Construction started | 1833 |
Completed | 1849 |
Client | Prince (later Emperor) William I |
Owner | Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Karl Friedrich Schinkel Ludwig Persius Johann Heinrich Strack |
Website | |
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten | |
Part of | Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin |
Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
Reference | 532ter |
Inscription | 1990 (14th Session) |
Extensions | 1992, 1999 |
Babelsberg Palace (German: Schloss Babelsberg) lies in the eponymous park and quarter of Potsdam, the capital of the German state of Brandenburg, near Berlin. For over 50 years it was the summer residence of Prince William, later German Emperor William I and King of Prussia and his wife, Augusta of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empress and Queen of Prussia. Along with the surrounding park and other parks in the area, the Babelsberg Palace was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1990 for its architectural cohesion and its testimony to the power of the Prussian monarchy.[1]