Babelsberg Palace
| Babelsberg Palace | |
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| Schloss Babelsberg | |
Babelsberg Palace
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 Location in Berlin
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| 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 | 1835 |
| Completed | 1849 |
| Client | Prince (later Emperor) William I |
| Owner | Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect |
Karl Friedrich Schinkel Ludwig Persius Johann Heinrich Strack |
| Website | |
| Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten | |
| Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
| Location | Germany |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv |
| Reference | 532 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1990 (extended in 1992 and 1999) (14th Session) |
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 Emperor William I and his wife, Augusta of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
The building, designed in the English Gothic revival style, was built in two phases over the period 1835–1849. The contract to plan the palace was given to the architects Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Ludwig Persius and Johann Heinrich Strack.
On 22 September 1862 in the palace and adjoining park the discussion between King William I of Prussia and Otto von Bismarck took place that ended with the nomination of Bismarck as Minister President and Foreign Minister of Prussia.
The architecture of Babelsberg Palace formed the template for the construction of Kittendorf Palace between 1848 and 1853 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, by Schinkel's pupil, Friedrich Hitzig.
Since 1990, Babelsberg Palace has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin". The palace is administered by the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg.
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