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À L'ANCIEN RÈGIME IS INSPIRED BY THE ART OF ROCOCO
Orangerie, Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam
“Without Worries” Sanssouci
Sanssouci palace
Chinese Tea House in the Potsdam Sanssouci park  (Chinesisches Teehaus in German). It has a display of 18th century Chinese porcelain.
Chinese Pavilion at Sanssouci
Sanssouci - The Chinese House
Statue of Mercurius (Sanssouci). Photograph Max Baur
Sanssouci
Sanssouci Potsdam, Berlin.  
Sanssouci is the name of the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin.  The palace was designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to fulfill King Frederick’s need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court. The palace’s name emphasizes this; it is a French phrase (sans souci), which translates as “without concerns”, meaning “without worries” or “carefree”, symbolising that the palace was a place for relaxation rather than a seat of power.
Sanssouci  the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin