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an ornate building with blue and white paint

Pietari, Puškin (kaupunki), Tsaarin kylä, Venäjä St. Petersburg, Puškin, Tsarkoje Selo, Russia Пу́шкин, Царское Село Katariinan palatsi, Tsaarin kesäpalatsi Catherine palace Екатерининский дворец

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a man sitting on a bench in front of an ornately decorated wall and doorway

The residence originated in 1717, when Catherine I of Russia engaged the German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to construct a summer palace for her pleasure. In 1733, Empress Anna commissioned Mikhail Zemtsov and Andrei Kvasov to expand the Catherine Palace. Empress Elizabeth, however, found her mother's residence outdated and incommodious and in May 1752 asked her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli to demolish the old structure and replace it with a much grander edifice in a…

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an ornate room with blue and gold furniture

Pietari, Puškin (kaupunki), Tsaarin kylä, Venäjä St. Petersburg, Puškin, Tsarkoje Selo, Russia Пу́шкин, Царское Село Katariinan palatsi, Tsaarin kesäpalatsi Catherine palace Екатерининский дворец

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an ornate iron door with a window in the middle and blue sky behind it on a sunny day

Kristen Alexandra on Instagram: "Elegance and beauty, inside and out… 📍 Grotto Pavilion, Catherine Park, St. Petersburg… Catherine Park is the surrounding gardens and parkland of Catherine Palace which was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. 📸: @maria_skrypnik.petersburg. Thank you kindly. ⚜️⚜️⚜️ If you enjoy classic design, interiors, architecture and travel, follow me @playingwithstags to receive daily inspiration from carefully-curated images. Always beautiful. Always classic…

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