Eight Corners
Acht Ecken (Eight Corners) is the name of a former architectural ensemble in Potsdam, Germany. At the intersection of Schwertfegerstraße and Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, four identical baroque houses were built on the corner plots in 1771 by Bayreuth architect Carl von Gontard. Each building was designed with a concave facade towards the crossroads, resulting in eight corners in total. Today, only one of the four buildings is left. Friedrich-Ebert-Straße was turned into a wide traffic artery after World War II destructions, occupying the two eastern building sites. The southwestern property was rebuilt with a modern prefab concrete building in the 1960s.
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Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, Potsdam Historische Innenstadt
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N 52.396111111111 ° | E 13.058611111111 ° |
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Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 123
14467 Potsdam, Historische Innenstadt
Brandenburg, Germany
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