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Own Dacha

In 1842, Heinrich Stackenschneider reconstructed the Own Dacha in an exaggerated Neo-Baroque style. Lying to the west of the Lower Park, this villa was intended for the future Tsar Alexander II and h...

Sergievka

Sergievka bordered the Own Dacha of Tsar Alexander II and was the estate of his sister Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna and her husband, Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg. Heinrich Stackenschneider built...

Mikhailovka

Mikhailovka was the suburban residence of Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich, the youngest son of Nicholas I, and his wife Grand Duchess Olga Fyodorovna. Between 1858 and 1861, Harald Julius von Bosse bu...

Znamenka

In 1835, Nicholas I purchased the estate next to Alexandria, which was called Znamenka, as a present for his wife, Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna. Harald Julius von Bosse reconstructed the palace in a ...

Belvedere

Near Peterhof was an elevation known to the indigenous Finnish population as Pappingongo (“Priest’s Parish”). When Russian settlers moved in, they renamed it Babiy Gon or Babigon. A magnificent view ...

Volière Pavilion

Light wooden building in the Lower Park of Peterhof designed by Nicola Michetti (1721–22). Faced with tuff and scallops. Consists of an octahedral hall, crowned with a cupola and lantern, and two rect...

The Cottage

The Cottage was built in the Gothic Revival style by Adam Menelaws between 1826 and 1829. Intended as a place of summer relaxation for the family of Tsar Nicholas I, the building stands in the easter...

Monplaisir

In 1714, large-scale construction work began at Peterhof. Under the personal supervision of Peter the Great , a “small palace” called Monplaisir was built right on the seashore. Monplaisir paved the ...

Oranienbaum

The history of Oranienbaum begins in 1711, when the commission distributing land for the suburban mansions of the aristocracy assigned Prince Alexander Menshikov a plot opposite Kotlin Island on the ...

Konstantin Palace

The Konstantin Palace was the imperial residence at Strelna, which was first visited by Peter the Great in 1706. The emperor had long had his eye on this piece of land running along the Gulf of Finla...

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