Palace · Russia · Restored
Catherine Palace
The Catherine Palace is an 18th‑century Rococo imperial summer palace at Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg, rebuilt in its present form by Bartolomeo Rastrelli and extended into a long suite of state rooms. The palace is famed for its sky‑blue and white façade with extensive gilded stucco and for richly decorated interiors such as the Great Hall and the Amber Room.
First raised
1717
Its prime
1756
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1756
What Catherine Palace looked like in its prime.
A monumental, 300‑metre Baroque palace face of pale sky‑blue plaster framed by snow‑white columns and pilasters, profusely modelled white stucco and heavy areas of gold leaf on cartouches and window surrounds; a low grey metal roof with sculptural groups on the cornice; a broad central risalit with a gilded cartouche and balcony; formal lawns, clipped parterres and marble statues stepping down to a gravel approach.
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9 places to explore in 1756.
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Romanov
Summer palace of the Romanov empresses — named for Catherine I, rebuilt in Rastrelli's Baroque for Elizabeth — and an imperial residence until 1917.
