Obelisk

Obelisk is an obelisk in , . Obelisk is situated nearby to , as well as near .
Photo: Mehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: obelisk at the old market Potsdam
  • Also known as: “Obelisk Potsdam” and “Potsdam Obelisk”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum Barberini and St. Nicholas Church, Potsdam.

Museum
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The is an art museum in the reconstructed Palast Barberini in , which opened in 2017. Its exhibitions range from the so-called Old Masters to contemporary art, with an emphasis on impressionist painting.

Church
Photo: Konstantindegeer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Nicholas Church in Potsdam is a Lutheran church under the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia of the Evangelical Church in Germany on the Old Market Square in .

Town hall
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The Alte Rathaus is a Palladian building in the Old Market Square in . It was built for Frederick the Great between 1753 and 1755 to designs by Johann Boumann and Carl Ludwig Hildebrandt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dutch Quarter and Zentrum Ost.

Locality
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The is a neighborhood in , Germany, consisting of 134 red Dutch brick buildings, almost all of which have been renovated. It was built from 1733 to 1740 and designed by Jan Bouman following the order of Frederick William I of Prussia, who invited talented Dutch craftsmen to settle there.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Locality
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Russian colony of is located north of downtown . It was built in 1826-1827 by King Frederick William III of Prussia for the last twelve Russian singers in a choir that had previously 62 members.

Obelisk

Latitude
52.39586° or 52° 23′ 45″ north
Longitude
13.06118° or 13° 3′ 40″ east
Inception
1755
Height
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
9F4M93W6+8F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 203336395
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­obelisk
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q30242440
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Obelisk” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “大理石方尖碑”
  • Croatian: “Obelisk na Alter Marktu”
  • Dutch: “obelisk”
  • French: “obélisque”
  • French: “Obélisque”
  • German: “Obelisk (Potsdam)”
  • German: “Obelisk Potsdam”
  • German: “Obelisk”
  • German: “Potsdam Obelisk”
  • Italian: “obelisco di Alter Markt”
  • Italian: “Obelisco di Alter Markt”
  • Russian: “обелиск на Старой Рыночной площади”

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