Belvedere

Schloss Charlottenburg - Belvedere

City West & Charlottenburg


The late-rococo Belvedere palace, with its distinctive cupola, makes an elegant setting for the world's largest collection of porcelain masterpieces by the Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Berlin (KPM), the manufactory established by King Frederick the Great in 1763.

Designed by Carl Gotthard Langhans (the architect behind Berlin's Brandenburg Gate), the ornate building was completed in 1788 and originally served as a private retreat for King Friedrich Wilhelm II.


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1. Schloss Charlottenburg - Mausoleum

0.26 MILES

In the palace garden, west of the carp pond, the temple-like Mausoleum (1810) was conceived as the final resting place of Queen Luise, and twice expanded…

2. Schlossgarten Charlottenburg

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The expansive park behind Schloss Charlottenburg is part formal French, part unruly English and all picturesque playground. Hidden among the shady paths,…

3. Schloss Charlottenburg - Neuer Pavillon

0.46 MILES

Returning from a trip to Italy, Friedrich Wilhelm III (r 1797–1848) commissioned Karl Friedrich Schinkel to design this petite summer refuge modelled on a…

4. Schloss Charlottenburg - Neuer Flügel

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The palace’s most beautiful rooms are the flamboyant private chambers of Frederick the Great, designed in 1746 by the period's star architect Georg…

5. Schloss Charlottenburg

0.47 MILES

Charlottenburg Palace is one of Berlin's few sites that still reflect the one-time grandeur of the Hohenzollern clan, which ruled the region from 1415 to…

7. Museum Berggruen

0.59 MILES

Classic modern art is the ammo of this delightful museum where Picasso is especially well represented, with paintings, drawings and sculptures from all…

8. Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik Berlin

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If you are a fan of antique sculpture or simply enjoy looking at naked guys with missing noses or other body protrusions, make this small collection a…