• The Grand Palace is the center of the Peterhof ensemble, which is located in Peterhof 29 km from St. Petersburg on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland.
  • The Grand Peterhof Palace, majestic and elegant, with its facade stretching for almost 300 meters, occupies the dominant position of the Peterhof ensemble...
  • The Grand Palace at Peterhof was designed to be the centerpiece of Peter the Great's "Russian Versaille".
  • Grand Peterhof Palace. "Peterhof" translates from Dutch as Peter’s yard. Palace and park ensemble is located 29 km from the northern capital on the southern...
  • Today, the Grand Peterhof Palace is a museum, part of the complex of the Palace and Park Ensemble "Peterhof" in Peterhof (St. Petersburg).
  • The Grand Palace of Peterhof has about 30 luxurious halls, decorated in Baroque style, with a lot of exquisite elements, painted ceilings and gilded walls.
  • In XVII – XIX centuries the Grand Peterhof Palace was the main ceremonial residence of Russian tsars, which hosted important events and celebrations.
  • It feels incredibly hard to wrap words around all that you can see in Peterhof. Peter the Great’s grand palace is often referred as the “Russian Versailles”.
  • The Grand Palace, Peterhof is beautiful and the grounds stunning...but what did it look like after World War Two?