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Tsarskoye Selo (Russian: Ца́рское Село́, IPA: [ˈtsarskəje sʲɪˈlo] ⓘ, lit. ' Tsar's Village ') was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) south from the center of Saint Petersburg. The residence now forms part of the town of Pushkin.
- The Palace of the first Russian empress. During the Great Northern War, Tsar Peter the Great recaptured the territories on the banks of the Neva River and the Gulf of Finland that had belonged to the Swedes.
- Rebuilt in baroque style by Peter’s daughter. Tsarskoye Selo became the summer residence of the royal family. The heart of the estate, its calling card, is the Grand Catherine Palace.
- The palace park occupies almost 200 hectares. During the reign of Catherine the Great an extraordinarily beautiful palace park was created that spread over an area of 170 hectares, and which still stands today.
- There is another palace and park in Tsarskoye Selo. Tsarskoye Selo is not only about the Catherine Palace and its park. In the 1790s, by order of Catherine the Great, another Italian, Giacomo Quarenghi, built the Alexander Palace in the Classical style.
View from the garden. The Catherine Palace ( Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized : Yekaterininskiy dvorets) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo ( Pushkin ), located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.
Rastrelli's magnificent Catherine Palace is the main visitor attraction at Tsarskoe Selo. Find out more about the Catherine Palace and other sights in the town of Pushkin, near St. Petersburg.
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Coordinates: 59.721°N 30.3926°E. The Alexander Palace ( Russian: Александровский дворец, Alexandrovskiy dvorets) is a former imperial residence near the town of Tsarskoye Selo in Russia, on a plateau about 30 miles (48 km) south of Saint Petersburg. The Palace was commissioned by Empress/Tsarina Catherine II (Catherine the Great) in 1792.
- 1792
- Imperial residence
- Russia
- Giacomo Quarenghi
The display of the Catherine Palace (known until 1910 as the Great Palace of Tsarskoe Selo) covers the 300-year history of this outstanding edifice and presents the work of architects involved in its construction and decoration in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and also with the achievements of the restorers who returned the palace to ...
Essential information for visitors to the Imperial estates at Tsarskoe Selo, including transport guide and seasonal information. Tsarskoe Selo, near Saint Petersburg, is one of Russia's most famous visitor attractions, the summer residence of the Romanov Tsars. More on Tsarskoe Selo and other Imperial estates near St Petersburg.
