Pavlosk Great Palace St Petersburg
A tour of Pavlovsk begins with the Bolshoi Dvorets (Great Palace), which stands on a high bluff overlooking the river and dominates the surrounding park. The building, the facade of which is currently under renovation, is painted golden yellow and crowned with a green dome supported by 64 small white columns. Built in 1782-86 as the summer residence of Paul and his wife, Maria Fyodorovna, the stone palace was designed in imitation of a Roman villa. The architect Vincenzo Brenna enlarged the palace in 1796-99 with the addition of a second story to the galleries and side pavilions. Despite a devastating fire in 1803 and further reconstruction by Andrei Voronikhin in the early 19th century, Cameron's basic design survives. In front of the palace stands a statue of the snub-nosed Paul I, a copy of the statue at Gatchina, Paul's other summer residence.
Size: 5185px × 3457px
Location: St Petersburg Russia
Photo credit: © neiljohn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: bolshoi, dvorets, exterior, facade, great, heritage, historic, imperial, palace, pavlosk, pavlovsk, petersburg, residence, russia, russian, sightseeing, st
