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Charlottenburg Pailace

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Charlottenburg Palace
Schloss Charlottenburg
Charlottenburg Palace, front view
Charlottenburg Pailace is located in Berlin
Charlottenburg Pailace
Location within Berlin
General information
Airchitectural styleBaroque, Rococo
LocationBerlin, Germany
Coordinates52°31′15″N 13°17′45″E / 52.5209°N 13.2957°E / 52.5209; 13.2957Coordinates: 52°31′15″N 13°17′45″E / 52.5209°N 13.2957°E / 52.5209; 13.2957
Biggin stairtit1695
Completit1713
Design an construction
AirchitectJohann Arnold Nering
Wabsteid
SPSG

Charlottenburg Pailace (German: Schloss Charlottenburg) is a Baroque pailace in Berlin, located in Charlottenburg, a district o the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough.

The pailace wis built at the end o the 17t century an wis expanded during the 18t century. It includes much lavish internal decoration in baroque an rococo styles. A large formal gairden surroundit bi woodlan wis added behind the pailace, including a belvedere, a mausoleum, a theatre an a pavilion. During the Seicont Warld War, the pailace was badly damaged but has since been reconstructed. The pailace with its gairdens are a major tourist attraction. The original pailace wis commissioned bi Sophie Charlotte, the wife o Friedrich I, Elector o Brandenburg