- The Empress turned Oranienbaum into her summer residence and built there a picturesque palace which she called «Private Cottage».
- Built by Rinaldi for Catherine the Great, the Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum is one of very few examples of Rococo architecture in Russia.
- 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.
- The exquisite Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum, Russia, is one of the few imperial monuments in suburban Saint Petersburg that survived the 872-day siege...
- Oranienbaum is a Russian imperial habitation, situated on the Gulf of Finland west of St. Petersburg.
- The palatial estate is once again known as Oranienbaum (though the town remains Lomonosov) and it doubles as a museum and public park, with gorgeous...
- Soft street light makes the decoration even more colorful, and on a clear day large windows of the palace offer a great view of the Oranienbaum Park.
- While Menshikov Palace deserves exploration, the palace is part of a larger estate known as the Oranienbaum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Grand Oranienbaum Palace (also known as the Menshikov Palace) was built in 1710 and remained unchanged to the present time.
- In the 1710s - 1720s in Oranienbaum magnificent ensemble was created, including the Grand Palace from the terraced garden.