Orangery Palace

Orangery Palace
Orangerieschloss
The Orangery Palace
Location in Germany
Alternative names	Neue Orangerie auf dem Klausberg
General information
Type	Palace
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
Town or city	Potsdam
Country	Germany
Coordinates	52°24′18″N 13°01′44″E / 52.405°N 13.029°E / 52.405; 13.029
Construction started	1851
Completed	1864
Client	Frederick William IV of Prussia
Owner	Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Design and construction
Architect	Friedrich August Stüler Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse ()
Website
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten

The Orangery Palace (German: Orangerieschloss) is a palace located in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam, Germany. also known as the New Orangery on the Klausberg, or just the Orangery. It was built on behest of the "Romantic on the Throne", King Friedrich Wilhelm IV (Frederick William IV of Prussia) from 1851 to 1864.

The building of the Orangery began with a plan for a high street or triumph street. It was to begin at the triumph arch, east of Sanssouci Park, and end at the Belvedere on the Klausberg. The difference in elevation was to be balanced with viaducts.

With reference to the north side of the Picture Gallery and the New Chambers from the time of Frederick the Great, Frederick William IV sketched out more new buildings, which would decorate his two kilometer long Via Tiumphalis.

Because of the political unrest of the period (March Revolution) and lack of funding, the gigantic project never materialized. Only the Orangery Palace and the Triumphtor were ever realized.

The construction of the Orangery Palace began after preliminary drawings by Frederick William IV. The architects Friedrich August Stüler and Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse () were commissioned to turn the drawings into a reality.

The building, with its 300 meter long front, was built in the style of the Italian Renaissance, after the image of the Villa Medici in Rome and the Uffizi in Florence.