- Aerial view of the Grand Menshikov Palace. Oranienbaum (Russian: Ораниенбаум) is a Russian royal residence, located on the Gulf of Finland west of St. Petersburg.
- The Oranienbaum park complex is considered by locals one of the most beautiful parks in the outskirts of Saint Petersburg.
- The main residence of one of the state’s first nobles had to be the symbol of Russia’s triumph in the Great Northern War. The German word Oranienbaum...
- The architectural and landscape complex of Oranienbaum is a unique palace and park ensemble of the 18th-early 20th century...
- One of the first buildings in the complex was the Grand Palace, which divides Oranienbaum into Upper Park and Lower Garden.
- Oranienbaum was meant to be a part of a grand panorama, meeting all the visitors to the new Russian capital by the sea.
- Like in Peterhof and Strelna, mayor palaces of Oranienbaum were built on the high shore of the ancient sea and its park has a very picturesque ravine with a river.
- Set amidst pleasant parkland on the Gulf of Finland and close to The Peterhof , Oranienbaum is an impressive palace with hi-tech visual displays...
- Oranienbaum began to actively build up under Catherine II, whose husband, Peter III, abdicated from the throne in her favor just here, in his miniature palace.