Catherine Palace - Pushkin, Russia
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marfik
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The Catherine Palace was the Rococo summer residence of the Russian tsars. Today you can find here The State Museum Tsarskoe Selo.
Waymark Code: WMAECK
Location: Russia
Date Posted: 01/04/2011
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Catherine Palace is named after the Russian Empress Catherine I. In her order at today's palace was a German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein built a summer tsar residence. Already in 1752, this palace was at the instance of her daughter Elizabeth demolished. At the same place Elizabeth’s Italian architect Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli built a new 325 m long Rococo palace. It was completed in July 1956.
Today the palace is open to the public and is a popular destination for tourists bound for the nearby St. Petersburg. Around the palace are situated beautiful parks, but visitors are mainly interested in golden, richly decorated interiors of the palace. The biggest tourist attraction in the Catherine Palace is the well-known wonderful Amber Room.
Style: Rococo
Type of building (structure): Town palace
Date of origin:: 1752
Architect(s): Bartolomeo Rastrelli
Web site of the object (if exists): [Web Link]
Address:
7 Sadovaya Street
Pushkin
196601 St. Petersburg
Russia
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