Petrodvorets – World Travel https://www.worldtraveldb.com Tours the world Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Petrodvorets travel destination https://www.worldtraveldb.com/petrodvorets/petrodvorets-travel-destination/ Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:00:00 +0000 http://russia.worldtraveldb.com/uncategorized/petrodvorets-travel-destination/ Looking especially stunning now the Grand Cascade fountains have been regilded, Petrodvorets (427 7425; www.peterhof.org; ul Razvodnaya 2), 29km west of St Petersburg on the Gulf of Finland, is arguably the most impressive of St Petersburg’s suburban palaces.


This ‘Russian Versailles’ is a far cry from the original cabin Peter the Great had built here to oversee construction of Kronshtadt naval base. He liked the place so much he built a villa, Monplaisir, and then a whole series of palaces across an estate originally called Peterhof (pronounced Petergof), which has been called Petrodvorets (Peter’s Palace) since 1944. All are set within a spectacular ensemble of gravity-powered fountains that are now the site’s main attraction.

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