The Sans Souci Palace, Potsdam, Germany
The Sans Souci Palace in Potsdam, outside Berlin, was the “getaway” for King Frederick the Great of Prussia. The pressure of being a mid 18th Century ruler was evidently so…
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Maybe it was just the day–Christmas Eve–but, aside from us, there was almost nobody in the Medici Chapels. That's lucky if you're trying to make photos, but disturbing when you…
