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Name Russian name Location Date Picture Alexandrov Kremlin: Александровский кремль Vladimir Oblast: 14th-16th century Saints Boris and Gleb Monastery: Борисоглебский монастырь Yaroslavl Oblast: 1585-1591 Donskoy Monastery: Донской монастырь Moscow: 1591-2000 Goritsky Monastery
More examples of these palaces are found in the countryside around St Petersburg, and include the Summer Palace (1711–1714, designed by Trezzini), Menshikov Palace (1710-1720s, designed by Giovanni Mario Fontana and Gottfried Johann Shädel). These country palaces also serve as more untouched examples of this early Petrine palace architecture ...
The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized: Yekaterininskiy dvorets, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinʲɪnskʲɪj dvɐˈrʲets]) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo , located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.
Pages in category "Palaces in Russia" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alexander I Palace;
The first Winter Palace, designed in 1711 for Peter the Great, by Domenico Trezzini who, 16 years later, was to design the third Winter Palace. Upon returning from his Grand Embassy in 1698, Peter I of Russia embarked on a policy of Westernization and expansion that was to transform the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire and a major European power. [10]
As of 2024, there are 32 World Heritage Sites in Russia, with a further 31 sites on the tentative list. The most recent site listed was the Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake, in 2024. [3] There are twenty-one cultural sites and eleven natural. Four sites are transnational.
The Great Gatchina Palace (Russian: Большой Гатчинский дворец) is a palace in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was built from 1766 to 1781 by Antonio Rinaldi for Count Grigori Grigoryevich Orlov , who was a favourite of Catherine the Great , in Gatchina, a suburb of the royal capital Saint Petersburg .
Category: Palaces in Russia by city. 3 languages. ... Palaces in Saint Petersburg (2 C, 37 P) This page was last edited on 28 November 2024, at 07:34 (UTC). ...