the room is a mirror stretching almost to the ceiling, across from which, on the garden side, are French doors. Frederick asked for the walls to be decorated with gilded reliefs of the liaisons of the ancient gods, which had been told of by the Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses. The room's rich decoration comes from the workshop of the sculptors and brothers Johann David Räntz and Johann Lorentz Wilhelm Räntz. Selected collection highlights World Heritage Site Since 1990 the palace and garden of Sanssouci including the New Chambers has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site, called Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin. References Additional reading Adelheid Schendel, Jerzy Prrzytański: Die Neuen Kammern im Park Sanssouci. Potsdam-Sanssouci 1987 Gert Streidt, Klaus Frahm: Potsdam. Die Schlösser und Gärten der Hohenzollern, Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Köln 1996 External links The New Chambers New Chambers in Sanssouci Park - Potsdam Tourism Virtual tour of the New Chambers (Sanssouci) provided by Google Arts & Culture Buildings and structures in Potsdam Royal residences in Brandenburg Paintings of Venus Museums in Potsdam Historic house museums in Germany Sanssouci Park Baroque architecture in Potsdam