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Lower Park
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Hermitage
Read more...The Hermitage was built on the shore of the Gulf of Finland between 1721 and 1725. Designed by Johann Friedrich Braunstein, it hosted the private, intimate suppers of the Russian monarch. The origina...
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Marly
Read more...Marly was designed by Johann Friedrich Braunstein and built between 1720 and 1723. Because it stood between the large Marly Pond and four fishponds, this small royal residence was originally called t...
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Peterhof Park
Read more...The history of Peterhof begins back in 1704, when travelling chambers were built for Peter the Great on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Soon, not far from this place, work began on the cre...
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Volière Pavilion
Read more...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...
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Monplaisir
Read more...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 ...
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