St. Nicholas Evangelical Church built 1830-7 in Classicist style by Architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel & Ludwig Persius onOld Market Square, Potsdam
St. Nicholas Evangelical Church built 1830-7 in Classicist style by Architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel & Ludwig Persius on the Old Market Square, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany. The church was commissioned by Frederick William III in 1826 and his concept included a large dome, which was inspired in part by Sir Christopher Wren's St. Paul's Cathedral in London. The construction was overseen by Schinkel’s pupil Ludwig Persius from 1830. The dome was not finished until 1843 and after Persius died in 1845, the final stages of construction were overseen by Friedrich August Stüler. St. Nicholas’ Church was badly damaged during World War ll bombing and Soviet artillery fire towards the end of the war. Post-war Reconstruction lasted for several decades and by the Nineteen seventies the church was largely restored to its original state and was re-consecrated in 1981 by the Evangelical Parish of St. Nicholas, Potsdam.
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Location: Freundschaftsinsel, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
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