Palace · UNESCO
Sanssouci Park and Palace
Potsdam, Germany
Frederick the Great's yellow hilltop summer palace, set above terraced vineyards in a huge park.
Palace · Germany · Brandenburg
Cecilienhof Palace
A country-house-style palace beside the New Garden, where the 1945 Potsdam Conference took place.
UNESCO World Heritage Paid entry about 75 min
For storytellers
Why Cecilienhof Palace matters
Cecilienhof looks like an English Tudor manor that wandered into Brandenburg. It was the last palace built by the Hohenzollern family, and in the summer of 1945 the leaders of the victorious Allied powers met here to discuss postwar Europe. You can see the conference room as it was, then stroll along the lake in the New Garden.
Talking points
- It was built in a manor-house style
- The 1945 Potsdam Conference took place here
- The lakeside park is a lovely walk
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More in Potsdam
Neighbourhood
Dutch Quarter Potsdam
Potsdam, Germany
A little district of red-brick gabled houses built in a Dutch style.
Also nearby
Within about 40 km, closest first.