Sanssouci Park

Sanssouci Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site
	New Palace (in front), Orangery Palace (background, center) and Sanssouci (background right)
Location	Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Part of	Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Criteria	Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv)
Reference	532ter
Inscription	1990 (14th Session)
Extensions	1992, 1999
Coordinates	52°24′07″N 13°02′01″E / 52.4019737581°N 13.0335831642°E
	1km; 0.6miles Sanssouci Park Sanssouci Park, Potsdam
	Location of Sanssouci Park in Brandenburg Sanssouci Park (Germany)

Sanssouci Park is a large park surrounding Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany, built under Frederick the Great in the mid-18th centurys. Following the terracing of the vineyard and the completion of the palace, the surroundings were included in the structure. A Baroque flower garden with lawns, flower beds, hedges and trees was created. In the hedge quarter 3,000 fruit trees were planted. The greenhouses of the numerous nurseries contained oranges, melons, peaches and bananas. The goddesses Flora and Pomona, who decorate the entrance obelisk at the eastern park exit, were placed there to highlight the connection of a flower, fruit and vegetable garden. Along with the Sanssouci Palace and other nearby palaces and parks, Sanssouci Park was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1990 for its unique architectural unity and testimony to 18th and 19th century landscaping in Europe.^[1]

^ "Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 12 Jun 2022.

[unesco-1] "Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 12 Jun 2022.

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