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View of a Ballroom in the Pushkin Palace |
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| Title: | View of a Ballroom in the Pushkin Palace |
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| Image number: | DTA00881 |
| Author: | Tiit Aunaste |
| Related keywords: | ballroom, museum, Tsarskoye Selo, tourist, St Petersburg, Russia, Pushkin, palace, ornamented, guilded, golden, decorated, castle, Baroque |
| Related categories: | Architectural sights, Exposition, Travel, Manors and castles, Europe |
| Usage rights: | Advertising Free, 2MB only |
| Description: | Pushkin (formerly known as Tsarskoye Selo ) is one of St. Petersburg's numerous Imperial estates. Located just 25 kilometers south of the city, the estate boasts a large landscape park, centered on the magnificent blue, white and gold Catherine Palace. Named after its creator, Empress Catherine, the second wife of Peter the Great, the original palace was built between 1717 and 1723 by the architect Braunstein. The palace was expanded later in the century and given a new, richly decorated Baroque facade by the architect Francesco Bartholomeo Rastrelli. |