Pavlovsk

In 1777 the Empress Catherine II gave this land as a gift to her son Paul the future emperor of Russia, as his countryside residence.

In 1780 the creation of Pavlovsk Grounds started with putting the park and the pavilions (architec Cameron). The Three Graces pavilion, the Enclosure, the Apollo Collonade, the Big Cascade and many other masterpieces were built there. The Italian Staircase, the Piel Tower, the Amphitheatre, the Ruins Cascad were also created at the time (archtect V. Brenna).

In the beginning of the XIXth century the Air Theatre, the Viskontiev and Piel Tower Bridges, The Pink Pavilion and the Gates, the Farm, the Mausoleum of Peter III, the Mourning Gates appeared (architects A.Voronikhin, G. Quarenghi, K. Rosi, Th. de Thomon).

Grand Palace in Pavlovsk
tel.470 21 56
Open: 10:00 a.m-5:00 p.m.
Closed: Fri and the last Mon of every month

How to gel there: a train from Vitebsky Railway Station (M «Pushkinskaya») to Pavlovsk Station; bus č 479 from M «Zvyozdnaya».

http://www.pavlovskart.spb.ru

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