In 1768, Frederick II received a request from a Rhineland grenadier to plant a vineyard. In the following year, he had a 200-meter-long area of the southern slope terraced on the ridge that follows Sanssouci Palace to the west, also called the "Klausberg.
A "Rhineland-style vineyard with the best vines" developed, at least that's what his majesty's grenadier promised. However, the wine failed and the vintner resigned. Instead of vines, the king now ordered the cultivation of peaches and "Azaroli apples".
In 1770, the long-planned Dragon House was built as quarters for the grenadier. The Ta Ho pagoda from Canton, which the English architect William Chambers reported on in a book in 1757, was taken as a model.
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