One of the amazing palaces in Germany, which is included in the list of world architectural heritage, situated on the Peacock island, because in German it sounds Palace. The Palace stands on the river Havel surrounded by the stunning beauty of the landscapes, and the building certainly attracts glances. To get into the Palace only by water on the ferry.

Protected area adjusts to the romantic mood, it attracted at the time of the elector Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg, who chose this place for the Palace. Earlier the island was called Rabbit, because it was a farm. On the instructions of the elector built a foundry, but soon he was completely burnt. Since 1963, a hundred years the island stood deserted, and then Friedrich Wilhelm II acquired the island and decided to build a castle for himself. So strange at first glance, the choice was conditioned by the mission of the future of the castle is to become a love nest for the Prussian king and his beloved. The style resembles an English castle architecture. Here he labored two architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Peter Joseph Lenné, who also had to build other castles in Berlin.

In addition to the castle, which stands two tall towers connected by a pedestrian bridge, which offers spectacular views of the surrounding countryside, Friedrich ordered to erect a menagerie, and to deliver the first of peacocks, of whom then went and modern name of the island - Peacock island. Interestingly, initially, a pedestrian bridge was made of wood, but in 1807 it has completely replaced with metal.

Today, the castle houses a Museum that tells the whole story of the island in detail. This Palace complex is quite rightly considered one of the most beautiful in Berlin, for his visit is to allocate the whole day.