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{{Short description|Main gateway into Sanssouci Park, at the end of the avenue to Sanssouci Palace, in Potsdam}}
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[[File:Potsdam_gruenes_gitter_total.jpg|left|thumb|Entrance to the park]]
[[File:Potsdam_gruenes_gitter_detail.jpg|thumb|Detail]]
The '''Green Gate''' ({{langx|de|Grünes Gitter}}) in '''Potsdam''' is the main gateway into [[Sanssouci Park]] and is situated at the end of the avenue to [[Sanssouci Palace]]. This begins as one of three roads that radiate from the [[Luisenplatz (Potsdam)|Luisenplatz]] square. The gate was designed by [[Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse]] and was put up in 1854 as part of the construction of the [[Church of Peace, Potsdam|Church of Peace]]. Its name comes from the colour in which the gate was painted. Additional ornamentation is provided by individual bars and points being picked up in [[gold leaf]]. The iron gate bears the initials of [[Frederick William IV]].
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[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1854]]
[[Category:Gates in Germany]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Potsdam]]
[[Category:Sanssouci Park]]