TSARSKOYE SELO

CATHERINE PALACE INTRODUCTION

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In 1937, the estate was officially named Pushkin, to mark the centenary of the death of the great Russian poet and writer, who attended high school and later composed some of his works here. The main...

CATHERINE PALACE INTERIOR

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A visit to Catherine Palace begins by climbing the magnificent Gala Staircase and culminates in the rooms designed by Rastrelli along the so-called Golden Enfilade. The most spectacular is the Great...

ALEXANDER PALACE

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The second major palace of Tsarskoye Selo is Alexander Palace, built by Giacomo Quarenghi on the orders of Catherine the Great, as a wedding gift for his favorite nephew Alexander I. The palace,...