{"id":159,"date":"2011-10-15T23:17:24","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T21:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naraelle.net\/chidberlin11\/?p=159"},"modified":"2011-10-17T23:37:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T21:37:41","slug":"a-day-in-potsdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naraelle.net\/chidberlin11\/2011\/10\/15\/a-day-in-potsdam\/","title":{"rendered":"A day in Potsdam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our day trip to Potsdam featured more of our favorite 19th-century designer, Karl Friedrich Schinkel. (You probably think we’re just obsessed with him, but believe us – he truly was great!) We began at the St. Nikolaikirche near the city center. It was begun according to plans by Schinkel, but finished by his student Ludwig Persius.<\/p>\n

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Berlin isn’t the only city that is rebuilding past monuments – here you can see that Potsdam is also busily rebuilding its royal palace (across from the Nikolaikirche), as a home for the state parliament. Meanwhile, East German buildings on the other side of the square are slated for demolition and replacement.<\/p>\n

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A trek across Potsdam and through Sanssouci park brought us to another Schinkel site, this one built for a very elite audience – the crown prince.<\/p>\n

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Schinkel built a tiny summer palace (really the size of a summer home<\/em>) for the prince, who was a prolific artist and designer himself. Together, they fashioned what the prince referred to as “Siam” – a utopian space filled with rich symbolism, much of which is now lost on those of us without the proper classical education!<\/p>\n

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Schinkel also designed a house for the court gardener, which later became a billiards room, tea lounge and general garden leisure space for the prince and his friends.<\/p>\n

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We took some leisure time ourselves – to contemplate the connection between human constructive activity and that of nature, as Schinkel intended – before heading off on our own walks through the rest of Sanssouci park. Next week: Berlin around the turn of the century!<\/p>\n

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