The Orangery Palace in Potsdam was designed by Friedrich August Stüler and Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse, according to the infobox, and the text also names Friedrich Ludwig Persius. King Frederick William IV of Prussia commissioned it, and the infobox and text agree on construction from 1851 to 1864.
The article calls the style Renaissance Revival, modeled on the Italian Renaissance after the Villa Medici in Rome and the Uffizi in Florence. The front is about 984 feet (300 m) long, and the plant hall is about 338 by 52 feet (103 by 16 m). It names no building materials beyond red silk wall coverings.
The interiors include the Raphael Hall, with over fifty copies of Renaissance works, and Rococo royal apartments. It has been part of the UNESCO site Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin since 1990. The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation administers it. The article gives no hours.
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