Pfaueninsel Castle
Pfaueninsel Palace—Schloss Pfaueninsel—was built as Frederick William II’s private retreat, a Lustschloss set on the shore of the Havel in Berlin. Completed in 1797, it was conceived as the final “eye-catcher” in a deliberate line of sight created from the earlier Marmorpalais on the Heiliger See in Potsdam. The site had once been known as Kaninchenwerder, and it was meant to be reached by boat, whether from the Marble Palace or even from Schloss Charlottenburg. A key figure in the interior planning was Wilhelmine von Lichtenau, who maintained a lifelong relationship with the king and—after her influence was formalized when Frederick William ennobled her to Countess Lichtenau in 1796—was allowed substantial control over furnishings and decorations. That plan for intimate, private time shifted abruptly: Frederick William II died in the year the palace was completed, and Lichtenau was sent into exile. …
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