Kadriog Palace and Art Museum - Tallinn, Estonia
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N 59° 26.317 E 024° 47.443
35V E 374704 N 6590974
The Kadriog Palace and Art Museum (Kadrioru Loss and Kunstimuuseum) is located in the newer part of Tallinn in Kadriorg Park.
Waymark Code: WMVF92
Location: Estonia
Date Posted: 04/11/2017
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The original Kadriorg Palace was designed by Gaetano Chiaveri and Mikhail Zemtsov and built by Peter the Great, of Russia, for his wife Catherine I in 1718. The house underwent renovation by Nicholas I of Russia in 1827, resulting it its present Baroque appearance designed by the Italian architect Niccolo Michetti.
Russian royalty abandoned the palace later in the 19th century. It became the Art Museum (KunstiMuuseum) of Estonia in 1921. In the 1930's the president of Estonia to converted the palace and grounds for his personal use but was restored to an art museum in 1946. By 1994, the palace was closed for major repairs and a new KUMU (KunstiMuuseum) building was constructed a short distance away in Kadriorg Park. The building was reopened in 2000 as part of the in art museum complex for display of foreign art collection.
Visit Instructions:
Please provide another photo of the location. You don't have to be in there shot, but you can. The photo requirement is to discourage any armchair visiting.