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The Biosphäre Potsdam is located in Volkspark and offers a unique nature experience. On land, in water, and in the air, visitors can embark on a journey of discovery among 20,000 tropical plants and trees, as well as around 130 different animal species.

Theodor Fontane introduces this perhaps most famous Potsdam cemetery by noting that "what dies in Sanssouci" is also buried in Bornstedt.

The Botanical Garden is part of the University of Potsdam and was established in 1950 on the site of the former terraced garden of the Sanssouci Court Gardens. In the greenhouses and across the 5-hectare open-air area, around 10,000 different plant species from tropical and subtropical regions are cultivated, including palms, ferns, pineapples, arum plants, orchids, tropical water plants, and more.

The gate, which resembles a Roman triumphal arch, had two architects and thus also two styles. Karl of Gontard designed the part of the gate facing the city on behalf of Frederick II. His disciple Georg Christian Unger designed the part of the gate facing the fields.

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Churchill, Truman, and Stalin made history at Cecilienhof Palace, when in 1945 the Potsdam Conference of the victorious powers of World War II was held here.

The Charlottenhof Palace is one of the chief works of Karl Friedrich Schinkel and was built from 1826 to 1829 for the Crown Prince Couple Frederick William IV and Elizabeth.

During 1754 – 1757, Johann Gottfried Buering built it on behalf of Frederick II in a design where the outer walls resemble the shape of a trefoil. It was used as a dining hall in summer.

At the entrance to the Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, in quiet seclusion, lies the ensemble of the Peace Church, designed to resemble an Italian monastery and grouped around a delicate bell tower. Frederick William IV had it built as a royal and parish church between 1845 and 1848, and he is buried there along with his wife.