Our last day in St. Petersburg and the end of the first leg of this trip, and we are off to see Catherine's Palace.
The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, Yekaterininskiy dvorets) is a Rococo palace located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. The residence originated in 1717, when Catherine I of Russia hired German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to construct a summer palace for her pleasure. In 1733, Empress Elizabeth commissioned Mikhail Zemtsov and Andrei Kvasov to expand the Catherine Palace. Empress Elizabeth, however, found her mother's residence outdated and incommodious and in May 1752 asked her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli to demolish the old structure and replace it with a much grander edifice in a flamboyant Rococo style. Construction lasted for four years, and on 30 July 1756 the architect presented the brand-new 325-meter-long palace to the Empress.
We wander through Alexander Park and pass a Monument to Alexander Pushkin
Then past the bust of Rastrelli who was the architect of the Catherine Palace
Then onto the Palace
Great only a few rooms photos were not allowed (Amber room is one though). Pictures speak for themselves.
We then take a walk through Catherine Park
We head back to the bus and so ends this leg of the holiday. From here it is on the bus and we tour the Baltics. Another Blog !!
The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, Yekaterininskiy dvorets) is a Rococo palace located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. The residence originated in 1717, when Catherine I of Russia hired German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to construct a summer palace for her pleasure. In 1733, Empress Elizabeth commissioned Mikhail Zemtsov and Andrei Kvasov to expand the Catherine Palace. Empress Elizabeth, however, found her mother's residence outdated and incommodious and in May 1752 asked her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli to demolish the old structure and replace it with a much grander edifice in a flamboyant Rococo style. Construction lasted for four years, and on 30 July 1756 the architect presented the brand-new 325-meter-long palace to the Empress.
We wander through Alexander Park and pass a Monument to Alexander Pushkin
Then past the bust of Rastrelli who was the architect of the Catherine Palace
Then onto the Palace
Great only a few rooms photos were not allowed (Amber room is one though). Pictures speak for themselves.
We then take a walk through Catherine Park
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| The Upper Bath House |
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| The Admiralty |
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| Statues on the Granite Terrace |
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| The Grotto |
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| The Grotto |
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| Kagul'skiy Obelisk |
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| The Admiraltry |
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| The Kameronova Gallery Museum |
We head back to the bus and so ends this leg of the holiday. From here it is on the bus and we tour the Baltics. Another Blog !!