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Royal residences in Brandenburg
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Airstrike

An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft.

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Alcove (architecture)

In architecture, an alcove is a small recessed section of a room or an arched opening (as in a wall).

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Antoine Watteau

Jean-Antoine Watteau (baptised October 10, 1684died July 18, 1721) Also via Oxford Art Online (subscription needed).

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Apollo

Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.

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Art is a diverse range of human activity and its resulting product that involves creative or imaginative talent generally expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.

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Atlas (architecture)

In European architectural sculpture, an atlas (also known as an atlant, or atlante or atlantid; plural atlantes), Michael Delahunt,, 1996–2008.

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Baluster

A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features.

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Banana

A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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Baroque architecture

Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the early 17th century and gradually spread across Europe.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Berliner Zeitung

The Berliner Zeitung is a daily newspaper based in Berlin, Germany.

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Bernterode (bei Worbis)

Bernterode is a village and a former municipality in the district of Eichsfeld, Thuringia, Germany.

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Bookcase

A bookcase, or bookshelf, is a piece of furniture with horizontal shelves, often in a cabinet, used to store books or other printed materials.

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Bornstedt (Potsdam)

Bornstedt is a borough of Potsdam, Germany.

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Brandenburg

Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg (see Names), is a state in northeastern Germany.

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Buxus

Buxus is a genus of about seventy species in the family Buxaceae.

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Capital (architecture)

In architecture, the capital or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster).

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Carrara

Carrara is a town and comune in Tuscany, in central Italy, of the province of Massa and Carrara, and notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there.

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Carriage house

A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is a term used in North America to describe an outbuilding that was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and their related tack.

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Caryatid

A caryatid (Καρυᾶτις|) is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.

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Charlottenhof Palace

Charlottenhof Palace or Charlottenhof Manor (Schloss Charlottenhof) is a former royal palace located southwest of Sanssouci Palace in Sanssouci Park at Potsdam, Germany. Sanssouci and Charlottenhof Palace are buildings and structures in Potsdam, castles in Brandenburg, historic house museums in Germany, Museums in Potsdam, palaces in Brandenburg, Prussian cultural sites, royal residences in Brandenburg and world Heritage Sites in Germany.

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Château de Marly

The Château de Marly was a French royal residence located in what is now Marly-le-Roi, the commune on the northern edge of the royal park.

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Cherub

A cherub (cherubim; כְּרוּב kərūḇ, pl. כְּרוּבִים kərūḇīm, are one of the unearthly beings in Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of Eden.

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Chimney

A chimney is an architectural ventilation structure made of masonry, clay or metal that isolates hot toxic exhaust gases or smoke produced by a boiler, stove, furnace, incinerator, or fireplace from human living areas.

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Church of the Redeemer, Sacrow

The Protestant Church of the Redeemer (Heilandskirche, S.) is located to the south of the village of Sacrow, which since 1939 has been incorporated to Potsdam, the capital of the German Bundesland of Brandenburg. Sanssouci and Church of the Redeemer, Sacrow are tourist attractions in Potsdam and world Heritage Sites in Germany.

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City Palace, Potsdam

The Potsdam City Palace (Potsdamer Stadtschloss) is a building in Potsdam, Germany, located on the Old Market Square, next to the St. Nicholas' Church (Nikolaikirche). Sanssouci and City Palace, Potsdam are baroque architecture in Potsdam, palaces in Brandenburg and royal residences in Brandenburg.

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Classical element

The classical elements typically refer to earth, water, air, fire, and (later) aether which were proposed to explain the nature and complexity of all matter in terms of simpler substances.

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Corinthian order

The Corinthian order (Κορινθιακὸς ῥυθμός, Korinthiakós rythmós; Ordo Corinthius) is the last developed and most ornate of the three principal classical orders of Ancient Greek architecture and Roman architecture.

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Corps de logis

In architecture, a corps de logis is the principal or main block, or central building of a mansion, country or manor house, castle, or palace.

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Court of honor (architecture)

A court of honor (cour d'honneur; Ehrenhof) is the principal and formal approach and forecourt of a large building.

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Cupola

In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.

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Demesne

A demesne or domain was all the land retained and managed by a lord of the manor under the feudal system for his own use, occupation, or support.

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Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm

The Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, (German: Dessau-Wörlitzer Gartenreich) is a cultural landscape and World Heritage Site in Germany, located between the city of Dessau and the town of Wörlitz in Central Germany. Sanssouci and Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm are historic house museums in Germany, landmarks in Germany and world Heritage Sites in Germany.

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Diana (mythology)

Diana is a goddess in Roman and Hellenistic religion, primarily considered a patroness of the countryside and nature, hunters, wildlife, childbirth, crossroads, the night, and the Moon.

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Dionysus

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (Διόνυσος) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.

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East Germany

East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.

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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (8 November 1715 – 13 January 1797) was Queen of Prussia (Queen in Prussia until 1772) and Electress of Brandenburg as the wife of Frederick the Great.

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Enfilade (architecture)

In architecture, an enfilade is a series of rooms formally aligned with each other.

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Enfilade and defilade

Enfilade and defilade are concepts in military tactics used to describe a military formation's exposure to enemy fire.

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Etiquette

Etiquette is the set of norms of personal behaviour in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviours that accord with the conventions and norms observed and practised by a society, a social class, or a social group.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Ferdinand von Arnim

Heinrich Ludwig Ferdinand von Arnim (15 September 1814 – 23 March 1866) was a German architect and watercolour-painter.

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Ficus

Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.

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Flora (mythology)

Flora (Flōra) is a Roman goddess of flowers and spring.

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Folly

In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings.

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Fortepiano

A fortepiano, sometimes referred to as a pianoforte, is an early piano.

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François Gaspard Adam

François Gaspard Adam (May 23, 1710 – August 18, 1761) was a French rococo sculptor.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Frederick the Great

Frederick II (Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786.

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Frederick William I of Prussia

Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I.; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the Soldier King (Soldatenkönig), was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 till his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neuchâtel.

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Frederick William II of Prussia

Frederick William II (Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was king of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797.

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Frederick William III of Prussia

Frederick William III (Friedrich Wilhelm III.; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840.

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Frederick William IV of Prussia

Frederick William IV (Friedrich Wilhelm IV.; 15 October 1795 – 2 January 1861), the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, was king of Prussia from 7 June 1840 until his death on 2 January 1861.

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French literature

French literature generally speaking, is literature written in the French language, particularly by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written by people living in France who speak traditional languages of France other than French.

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Friedrich Christian Glume

Friedrich Christian Glume (25 March 1714 – 6 April 1752) was a German artist active during the reign of Frederick II of Prussia.

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Friedrich Ludwig Persius

Friedrich Ludwig Persius (15 February 1803 in Potsdam – 12 July 1845 in Potsdam) was a Prussian architect and a student of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

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Friedrich Wilhelm von Erdmannsdorff

Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Erdmannsdorff (18 May 1736 – 9 March 1800) was a German architect and architectural theoretician, and one of the most significant representatives of early German Neoclassicism during the Age of Enlightenment.

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Frieze (magazine)

Frieze is an international contemporary art magazine, published eight times a year from London.

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Gardens of Versailles

The Gardens of Versailles (Jardins du château de Versailles) occupy part of what was once the Domaine royal de Versailles, the royal demesne of the château of Versailles.

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Gazebo

A gazebo is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal or turret-shaped, often built in a park, garden, or spacious public area.

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Georg Franz Ebenhech

Georg Franz Ebenhech (c. 1710–February 21, 1757) was a German sculptor known for his mastery of marble technique.

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Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff

(Hans) Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (17 February 1699 – 16 September 1753) was a painter and architect in Prussia.

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German reunification

German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single full sovereign state, which took place between 9 November 1989 and 15 March 1991.

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German Romanticism

German Romanticism was the dominant intellectual movement of German-speaking countries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, influencing philosophy, aesthetics, literature, and criticism.

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God

In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.

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Google Arts & Culture

Google Arts & Culture (formerly Google Art Project) is an online platform of high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from partner cultural organizations throughout the world.

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Gottfried Silbermann

Gottfried Silbermann (January 14, 1683 – August 4, 1753) was a German builder of keyboard instruments.

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Greco-Roman world

The Greco-Roman civilization (also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes the geographical regions and countries that culturally—and so historically—were directly and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government and religion of the Greeks and Romans.

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Greenhouse

A greenhouse is a special structure that is designed to regulate the temperature and humidity of the environment inside.

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Historiography

Historiography is the study of the methods used by historians in developing history as an academic discipline, and by extension, the term historiography is any body of historical work on a particular subject.

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House of Hohenzollern

The House of Hohenzollern (Haus Hohenzollern,; Casa de Hohenzollern) is a formerly royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania.

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Hydraulics

Hydraulics is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids.

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Intarsia

Intarsia is a form of Arab wood inlaying that is similar to marquetry.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Jan Bouman

Jan Bouman (28 August 1706, in Amsterdam – 6 September 1776, in Berlin) was a Dutch architect, mainly notable for his work as designer and general contractor on the Dutch Quarter in Potsdam by order of Frederick William I of Prussia.

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Jean-Baptiste Pater

Jean-Baptiste Pater (December 29, 1695 – July 25, 1736) was a French rococo painter.

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Jean-Baptiste Pigalle

Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (26 January 1714 – 20 August 1785) was a French sculptor whose work was influenced by both baroque and neo-classical trends.

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Jean-François de Troy

Jean-François de Troy (27 January 1679, Paris – 26 January 1752, Rome) was a French Rococo easel and fresco painter, draughtsman and tapestry designer.

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Johann August Nahl

Johann August Nahl (22 August 1710 in Berlin – 22 October 1781 in Kassel) was a German sculptor and plasterer.

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Johann Gottfried Büring

Johann Gottfried Büring (1723 – after 1788) was a German master builder and architect of the late Baroque period.

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Johann Harper

Johann Harper (August 1688, Stockholm - 4 December 1746, Potsdam) was a Swedish painter who worked at the Prussian Royal Court.

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Johann Melchior Kambly

Johann Melchior Kambly (January 1718 – 12 April 1783) was a Swiss sculptor who took part in the development of the architectural style of Frederician Rococo.

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Juno (mythology)

Juno (Latin Iūnō) was an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counsellor of the state.

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Jupiter (god)

Jupiter (Iūpiter or Iuppiter, from Proto-Italic *djous "day, sky" + *patēr "father", thus "sky father" Greek: Δίας or Ζεύς), also known as Jove (gen. Iovis), is the god of the sky and thunder, and king of the gods in ancient Roman religion and mythology.

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Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets.

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Kitchen garden

The traditional kitchen garden, vegetable garden, also known as a potager (from the French jardin potager) or in Scotland a kailyaird, is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas.

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Lacquer

Lacquer is a type of hard and usually shiny coating or finish applied to materials such as wood or metal.

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Lady-in-waiting

A lady-in-waiting (alternatively written lady in waiting) or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman.

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Lambert-Sigisbert Adam

Lambert-Sigisbert Adam (10 October 1700) was a French sculptor born in 1700 in Nancy.

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Leinefelde-Worbis

Leinefelde-Worbis is a town in the district of Eichsfeld, in northwestern Thuringia, Germany.

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List of Baroque residences

This is a list of Baroque palaces and residences built in the late 17th and 18th centuries.

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List of plants known as cedar

Cedar is part of the English common name of many trees and other plants, particularly those of the genus Cedrus.

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List of tourist attractions in Potsdam

The following is a list of sights of Potsdam, the capital of the German state of Brandenburg in Germany. Sanssouci and list of tourist attractions in Potsdam are buildings and structures in Potsdam and tourist attractions in Potsdam.

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Lists of World Heritage Sites

This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites.

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Louis de Silvestre

Louis de Silvestre (23 June 1675 – 11 April 1760), also known as Louis de Silvestre the Younger, was a French portrait and history painter.

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Louis XV

Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774.

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Maenad

In Greek mythology, maenads (μαινάδες) were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of the thiasus, the god's retinue.

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Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have crystallized under the influence of heat and pressure.

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Marly-le-Roi

Marly-le-Roi is a commune in the Yvelines department in the administrative region of Île-de-France, France.

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Marmorpalais

The Marmorpalais (or Marble Palace) is a former royal residence in Potsdam, near Berlin in Germany, built on the grounds of the extensive Neuer Garten on the shores of the Heiliger See. Sanssouci and Marmorpalais are buildings and structures in Potsdam, historic house museums in Germany, Museums in Potsdam, palaces in Brandenburg, royal residences in Brandenburg and world Heritage Sites in Germany.

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Mars (mythology)

In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars (Mārs) is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome.

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Melon

A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with sweet, edible, and fleshy fruit.

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Mercury (mythology)

Mercury (Mercurius) is a major god in Roman religion and mythology, being one of the 12 Dii Consentes within the ancient Roman pantheon.

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Mezzanine

A mezzanine (or in Italian, a mezzanino) is an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, a loft with non-sloped walls.

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Minaret

A minaret (translit, or translit; minare; translit) is a type of tower typically built into or adjacent to mosques.

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Minerva

Minerva (Menrva) is the Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy.

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Mosque

A mosque, also called a masjid, is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Motif (visual arts)

In art and iconography, a motif is an element of an image.

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Nature

Nature is an inherent character or constitution, particularly of the ecosphere or the universe as a whole.

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Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity.

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Neuruppin

Neuruppin (North Brandenburgisch: Reppin) is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, the administrative seat of Ostprignitz-Ruppin district.

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New Chambers (Sanssouci)

The New Chambers (German: Neue Kammern) is part of the ensemble of Sanssouci palace in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, Germany. Sanssouci and New Chambers (Sanssouci) are baroque architecture in Potsdam, buildings and structures in Potsdam, historic house museums in Germany, Museums in Potsdam and royal residences in Brandenburg.

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New Palace, Potsdam

The New Palace (Neues Palais) is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci park in Potsdam, Germany. Sanssouci and New Palace, Potsdam are baroque architecture in Potsdam, buildings and structures in Potsdam, Frederick the Great, historic house museums in Germany, Museums in Potsdam, palaces in Brandenburg, Prussian cultural sites, royal residences in Brandenburg and world Heritage Sites in Germany.

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Niche (architecture)

In architecture, a niche (CanE, or) is a recess or cavity constructed in the thickness of a wall for the reception of decorative objects such as statues, busts, urns, and vases.

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Nicolas Lancret

Nicolas Lancret (22 January 1690 – 14 September 1743) was a French painter.

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Obelisk

An obelisk (from ὀβελίσκος; diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top.

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Orange (fruit)

An orange, also called sweet orange when it is desired to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae.

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Overdoor

An "overdoor" (or "Supraporte" as in German, or "sopraporte" as in Italian) is a painting, bas-relief or decorative panel, generally in a horizontal format, that is set, typically within ornamental mouldings, over a door, or was originally intended for this purpose.

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Palace

A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.

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Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles (château de Versailles) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France.

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Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin

Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (Schlösser und Gärten von Potsdam und Berlin) are a group of palace complexes and extended landscaped gardens located in the Havelland region around Potsdam and the German capital of Berlin. Sanssouci and palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin are buildings and structures in Potsdam, landmarks in Germany, palaces in Brandenburg, tourist attractions in Potsdam and world Heritage Sites in Germany.

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Panelling

Panelling (or paneling in the United States) is a millwork wall covering constructed from rigid or semi-rigid components.

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Panorama

A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling.

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Paretz

Paretz is a village in the German state of Brandenburg in the district of Havelland, west of Berlin.

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Parterre

A parterre is a part of a formal garden constructed on a level substrate, consisting of symmetrical patterns, made up by plant beds, plats, low hedges or coloured gravels, which are separated and connected by paths.

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Peach

The peach (Prunus persica) is a deciduous tree first domesticated and cultivated in Zhejiang province of Eastern China.

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Peter Joseph Lenné

Peter Joseph Lenné (the Younger) (29 September 1789 – 23 January 1866) was a Prussian gardener and landscape architect.

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Petit Trianon

The Petit Trianon (French for "small Trianon") is a Neoclassical style château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France.

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Pfaueninsel

Pfaueninsel ("Peacock Island") is an island in the River Havel situated in Berlin-Wannsee, in the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in southwestern Berlin, near the border with Potsdam in Brandenburg. Sanssouci and Pfaueninsel are world Heritage Sites in Germany.

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Piano nobile

Piano nobile (Italian for "noble floor" or "noble level", also sometimes referred to by the corresponding French term, bel étage) is the architectural term for the principal floor of a palazzo.

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Pier glass

A pier glass or trumeau mirror is a mirror which is placed on a pier, i.e. a wall between two windows supporting an upper structure.

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Pierre-Jacques Cazes

Pierre-Jacques Cazes (1676 – 25 June 1754) was a French painter who specialized in religious and mythological subjects.

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Plant nursery

A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to a desired size.

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Pomona (mythology)

Pomona was a goddess of fruitful abundance and plenty in ancient Roman religion and myth.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

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Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg

The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg; SPSG) was founded by a treaty of 23 August 1994 between the German federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg as a public foundation following German reunification. Sanssouci and Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg are Prussian cultural sites.

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Putto

A putto (plural putti) is a figure in a work of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually naked and very often winged.

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Rheinsberg

Rheinsberg is a town and a municipality in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in Brandenburg, Germany.

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Rocaille

Rocaille was a French style of exuberant decoration, with an abundance of curves, counter-curves, undulations and elements modeled on nature, that appeared in furniture and interior decoration during the early reign of Louis XV of France.

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Rococo

Rococo, less commonly Roccoco, also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and trompe-l'œil frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama.

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Roman Baths (Potsdam)

The Roman Baths (die Römischen Bäder), situated northeast of the Charlottenhof Palace in the Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, reflect the Italiensehnsucht ("Sehnsucht/longing for Italy") of its creator Frederick William IV of Prussia. Sanssouci and Roman Baths (Potsdam) are buildings and structures in Potsdam, Museums in Potsdam and Prussian cultural sites.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Sanssouci at the time of Frederick William IV

Sanssouci at the time of Frederick William IV covers the period almost one hundred years after the palace's construction, when a King who was convinced of the divine right of his crown and of the absolute claim to power of the ruler came to the Prussian throne. Sanssouci and Sanssouci at the time of Frederick William IV are palaces in Brandenburg.

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Sanssouci Park

Sanssouci Park is a large park surrounding Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany, built under Frederick the Great in the mid-18th century. Sanssouci and Sanssouci Park are Frederick the Great, parks in Germany, Prussian cultural sites and tourist attractions in Potsdam.

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Sanssouci Picture Gallery

The Picture Gallery (Bildergalerie) in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam was built in 1755–64 during the reign of Frederick II of Prussia under the supervision of Johann Gottfried Büring. Sanssouci and Sanssouci Picture Gallery are buildings and structures in Potsdam and Museums in Potsdam.

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Schönhausen Palace

Schönhausen Palace (Schloss Schönhausen) is a Baroque palace at Niederschönhausen, in the borough of Pankow, Berlin, Germany. Sanssouci and Schönhausen Palace are historic house museums in Germany.

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Schloss Charlottenburg

Schloss Charlottenburg (Charlottenburg Palace) is a Baroque palace in Berlin, located in Charlottenburg, a district of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough, among the largest palaces in the world. Sanssouci and Schloss Charlottenburg are historic house museums in Germany, Prussian cultural sites and rococo architecture in Germany.

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Semi-basement

In architecture, a semi-basement, lower ground, lower level, etc.

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Servants' quarters

Servants' quarters, also known as staff's quarters, are those parts of a building, traditionally in a private house, which contain the domestic offices and staff accommodation.

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Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) was a global conflict involving most of the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe and the Americas.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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State room

A state room in a large European mansion is usually one of a suite of very grand rooms which were designed for use when entertaining royalty.

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Statue

A statue is a free-standing sculpture in which the realistic, full-length figures of persons or animals are carved or cast in a durable material such as wood, metal or stone.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Stucco

Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water.

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Tapestry

Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom.

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Taxus

Taxus is a genus of coniferous trees or shrubs known as yews in the family Taxaceae.

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Technical drawing

Technical drawing, drafting or drawing, is the act and discipline of composing drawings that visually communicate how something functions or is constructed.

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Temple

A temple (from the Latin templum) is a place of worship, a building used for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice.

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Temple of Friendship

The Temple of Friendship (Freundschaftstempel) is a small, round building in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, in Germany. Sanssouci and Temple of Friendship are buildings and structures in Potsdam.

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Terrace (earthworks)

In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming.

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Thuringia

Thuringia, officially the Free State of Thuringia, is a state of central Germany, covering, the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states.

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Trellis (architecture)

A trellis (treillage) is an architectural structure, usually made from an open framework or lattice of interwoven or intersecting pieces of wood, bamboo or metal that is normally made to support and display climbing plants, especially shrubs.

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Tropical fruit

There are many fruits that typically grow in warm tropical climates or equatorial areas.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Urania

Urania (Οὐρανία |Ouranía; modern Greek shortened name Ράνια Ránia; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and astrology.

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Venus (mythology)

Venus is a Roman goddess, whose functions encompass love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory.

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Villa

A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house.

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Vine training

The use of vine training systems in viticulture is aimed primarily to assist in canopy management with finding the balance in enough foliage to facilitate photosynthesis without excessive shading that could impede grape ripening or promote grape diseases.

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Vineyard

A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice.

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Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (21 November 169430 May 1778), known by his nom de plume M. de Voltaire (also), was a French Enlightenment writer, philosopher (philosophe), satirist, and historian.

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West Berlin

West Berlin (Berlin (West) or West-Berlin) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War.

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Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main.

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Windmill

A windmill is a structure that converts wind power into rotational energy using vanes called sails or blades, by tradition specifically to mill grain (gristmills), but in some parts of the English-speaking world, the term has also been extended to encompass windpumps, wind turbines, and other applications.

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Wine cellar

A wine cellar is a storage room for wine in bottles or barrels, or more rarely in carboys, amphorae, or plastic containers.

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Wing (building)

A wing is part of a building – or any feature of a building – that is subordinate to the main, central structure.

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World Heritage Committee

The World Heritage Committee is a committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that selects the sites to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and allocates financial assistance upon requests from States Parties.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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17th-century French art

17th-century French art is generally referred to as Baroque, but from the mid- to late 17th century, the style of French art shows a classical adherence to certain rules of proportion and sobriety uncharacteristic of the Baroque as it was practiced in most of the rest of Europe during the same period.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanssouci

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