On the second floor of the gallery a bronze bust cast by casts of antique sculptures and busts of a number of his contemporaries catherine.
Floor plan for catherines palace.
Starting in 1743 the building was reconstructed by four different architects.
Formerly an imperial palace it is located about 25 kilometers southeast of the city in a town called.
Empress elizabeth ordered the expansion and changes in 1733 but was still not happy.
It was modest by todays version.
Originally a modest two storey building commissioned by peter for catherine in 1717 the catherine palace owes its awesome grandeur to their daughter empress elizabeth who chose tsarskoe selo as her chief.
The catherine palace is named after catherine i the wife of peter the great.
The catherine palace is named after catherine i the wife of peter the great who ruled russia for two years after her husband s death.
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 life after the second world war.
In the town of pushkin 25 kilometers outside st.
Catherine palace c linda garrison.
She would rather hunt in solitude.
It has always been that a respite.
Petersburg region of russia.
Jul 1 2014 first floor plan catherine palace yekaterininskiy dvorets tsarskoye seló st petersburg russia.
The catherine palace is one of the largest palaces in the st.
Cameron gallery the agate rooms and hanging gardens adjacent to the palace together with the descent in the park ramp c.
Petersburg you will find a magnificent respite from city life.
The apartments of nicholas i and his wife alexandra feodorovna were in the northwest corner of the palace a suite traditionally occupied by the monarch since the time of catherine the great and now form part of the apartments of nicholas ii and alexandra feodorovna catherine the great had her throne room here before giacomo quarenghi completed the building of the larger st george s hall.
Catherine palace also called tsarskoye selo or the tsar s village is located in the small town of pushkin about 17 miles south of st.
Petersburg russia the palace s ornate baroque design is breathtaking and its 740 meter 2427 feet length is massive.
Cameron 1780 1795 are united on a plan architectural ensemble one of the best works of russian classical architecture.
A travel guide to the catherine palace in st.
She ordered it to be demolished and in 1752 had this rocco style palace.