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Pavlovsk Palace ( Russian: Павловский дворец) is an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by the order of Catherine the Great for her son Grand Duke Paul, in Pavlovsk, within Saint Petersburg. After his death, it became the home of his widow, Maria Feodorovna.
Pavlovsk Palace. The centrepiece of the Pavlovsk ensemble is the Great Palace, a marvellous specimen of Russian Classicism of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It was built by Charles Cameron between 1782 and 1786.
Pavlovsk's Grand Palace is a superb neoclassical mansion that was once home to Emperor Paul. Explore the Grand Palace and other sights at the Imperial estate of Pavlovsk, near St. Petersburg.
The Pavlovsk Palace was built by the court architect of Catherine II, Charles Cameron, for Catherine’s son Paul. Catherine gave the lands along the Slavianka River, a mere three miles from her palace in Tsarskoe Selo, to her son Paul and his wife Maria Fedorovna upon the birth of their first son, the future Emperor Alexander I.
A country residence of the Russian imperial family, it was created by a succession of outstanding architects, painters and sculptors within a relatively short span of time: begun around 1780, it was virtually completed by 1825.
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Pavlovsk is the youngest of the grand Imperial estates around St. Petersburg. Named in honour of Tsar Pavel, this fine neo-classical palace and its extensive landscaped gardens are stamped with his taste and even more so with that of his wife, the German-born Maria Feodorovna.
