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Where was Frederick II’s Sanssouci Palace built?

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Portrait painting of Frederick II of Brandenburg, King of Prussia, wearing a dark coat with a star medal, yellow gloves, and holding a cane, with the inscription Fridericus II Rex Prussiae. — Frederick II Frederick II, painting in the Castello di Miramare, Trieste, Italy.

Frederick II’s Sanssouci Palace was built in Potsdam, a city located near Berlin, Germany. Constructed between 1745 and 1747, the palace served as a masterpiece of German Rococo architecture and functioned as a royal residence during Frederick's reign.12