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The Great Gatchina Palace (Russian: Большой Гатчинский дворец) is a palace in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was built from 1766 to 1781 by Antonio Rinaldi for Count Grigori Grigoryevich Orlov, who was a favourite of Catherine the Great, in Gatchina, a suburb of the royal capital Saint Petersburg.
Gatchina Palace and Estate Museum. Appreciate the originality, grandeur and allure of the Gatchina Palace. The Memory Hall of the Great Patriotic War. The effect of military destruction are preserved in the gallery to remind of the horrible tragedy of the 20th century.
Palace and Park History. The palace and park at Gatchina dates back to the time of Empress Catherine II. In 1765, the tsaritsa gave her favourite, Count Grigory Orlov, a lavish gift – the Gatchina estate. The picturesque landscape, spring-fed lakes with connecting tributaries and rivers made it possible to create here the unique landscape ...
Visitor guide to the Imperial estate at Gatchina, near St. Petersburg, the family home of four generations of Romanov Tsars. Explore the palace and park at Gatchina, and other suburban estates near Saint Petersburg.
Jul 2, 2018 · The austere-looking Gatchina Palace is the most private and perhaps the most mysterious of all St. Petersburg’s former imperial residences. Surrounded by an idyllic spacious English garden on the...
The Grand Palace at Gatchina is perhaps the most unusual and individual of St. Petersburg's suburban Imperial palaces, although the modesty of its architectural decorations makes it far less striking at first glance than the brightly coloured, stucco covered facades at Pavlovsk and Tsarskoe Selo.
The Gatchina Palace combines classical architecture and themes of a medieval castle with ornate interiors typical of Russian classicism, located on a hill in central Gatchina next to Lake Serebryany.
