The Belvedere in the northern park area of Charlottenburg Palace was built in connection with the landscaping of the palace garden under Frederick William II. The building was erected in 1788 according to plans by Carl Gotthard Langhans in late Baroque and Classicist style.
It served the king as a viewing pavilion and tea house. The mystical spirit conjurations of the Rosicrucians, a secret order to which Frederick William II belonged, also took place here.
Today the Belvedere houses the porcelain collection of the state of Berlin. The main focus is on porcelain from the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin, which was acquired by Frederick the Great in 1763. On display are, among other things, rococo and classicist dinner services, magnificent vases with views of royal palaces and gardens, and cups commemorating the wars of liberation.
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