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Marble Palace – Cecilienhof Palace loop from Potsdam

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Marble Palace – Cecilienhof Palace loop from Potsdam

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Marble Palace – Cecilienhof Palace loop from Potsdam

00:57

8.70km

30m

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Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Marble Palace

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Beautifully situated on the water. It's definitely worth taking a look at the complex from the outside.

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Ice cellar as a pyramid
Friedrich Wilhelm II belonged to a Masonic lodge and to the more mystically oriented secret society of the Rosicrucians. Some of the buildings in the New Garden reflect the meaning of Freemasonry. The castle kitchen was built as a half-sunken temple, the ice cellar as a pyramid and the library in the Gothic style. The architecture was not related to the actual purpose. Carl Gotthard Langhans and Andreas Ludwig Krüger created these functional buildings taken from another time.
The ice cellar, built in 1791/92 as a pyramid on the north line of sight of the Marble Palace, was used to keep food fresh. In winter, ice was taken from the nearby Holy Lake and stored on the lowest floor of the basement, which went about 5 meters into the ground. The pyramid was extensively rebuilt in 1833 during the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm III by master builder Albert Dietrich Schadow, with only individual stones with hieroglyphs from the original building being used.
Text/Source: Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuer_Garten

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Cecilienhof Palace

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The Cecilienhof Palace is located in the 74 hectare New Garden in Potsdam, which is located between the Holy See and the Jungfernsee. The complex was acquired by Friedrich Wilhelm I in 1783 as a summer residence. Kaiser Wilhelm II had the palace built between 1913 and 1916 in the style of an English country house. The building, which has 176 rooms, cost eight million gold marks and served as the residence of the Crown Prince of Hohenzollern. The castle was named after the crown princess.

The palace acquired its historic dimensions when the Potsdam Agreement was signed in August 1945. The agreement between the four victorious powers of World War II (the Soviet Union, the USA, Great Britain and France) included the division of Germany into four parts and its central government by the Allied Control Council. Visitors can find out more about the Potsdam Conference in an exhibition in the rooms of the palace.

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