Potsdam

Charlottenburg Palace, Berlin, Germany. Now a museum, it was once the summer residence of the Prussian kings.

Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, Germany. Completed in 1917, this mock-Tudor building was the location of the Potsdam Conference in 1945.

Capital of the Land (administrative region) of Brandenburg, Germany, on the River Havel southwest of Berlin; population (2005 est) 147,600. Industries include arts and crafts, tourism, banking and finance, information and communication technology, services, software development, media, and biotechnology. A leading garrison town and Prussian military centre, Potsdam was restored to its position of capital of Brandenburg with the reunification of Germany in 1990.

The New Palace (1763-70) and Sans Souci were both built by Frederick the Great, and Hitler's Third Reich was proclaimed in the garrison church on 21 March 1933. The Potsdam Conference took place here in 1945 and the Potsdam Sans Souci music festival is held annually in June. Museums include the Potsdam civic museum, several art galleries, a rapid-transit museum, and a museum of film.