The City Palace in Potsdam was built from 1662 to 1669 for Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff rebuilt it from 1744 to 1752 for Frederick II of Prussia. The infobox lists Baroque and Rococo, and the text calls the rebuild Frederician Rococo. The article gives no materials or dimensions.
An Allied bombing raid on April 14, 1945 burned it out, though 83 percent of the structure survived. The East German SED demolished the ruin in 1960, and only the stables survived. A modern theater begun in 1991 stalled, and its steel frame was torn down. A 2007 referendum favored reconstruction, and Hasso Plattner donated €20 million to rebuild the full historic facade.
The reconstructed palace was completed in late 2013 and houses the Brandenburg state parliament. The surviving stables house the Potsdam Museum of Film.
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