Pavlovsk.
one of the sculptures in the garden of Pavlovsk It’s one more summer residence with one more summer palace in it, so called Great Palace or just Palace in Pavlovsk. It’s approximately 30km to the south from the center of St. Petersburg and only 5km from the Catherine Palace in Pushkin.

The residence was erected for the son of Catherine the Great Paul the First (Russian pronunciation Pavel – hence the name of the residence Pavlovsk) and his wife Maria Fyodorovna who was a German princess. Paul got a nick name Russian Hamlet because his fate repeated the fate of famous Shakespeare character and he is conceded to be the most mysterious and tragic figure in the Romanov family. His wife was probably the most romantic person in the family and also she was a good artist - a painter and a musician. The characters of the owners are reflected in each small detail in their favorite house.

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    • The palace was built in the end of the 18th century in classical style. It’s not as luxurious as Catherine palace, it has no gold in it, rooms are not so huge, but they are extremely, extremely charming!!! May be these rooms are the most beautiful classical interiors in all of Russia. The palace survived the Second World War better than other famous palaces first of all because more items were evacuated and preserved in Siberia, so it’s more original. The residence saved the atmosphere from the 18th century, it has a lot of items which were touched or even made by our tsarina, it’s more like a home, where you easily could imagine the life of Russia Royal couple.

    The tour will take around 4 hours (a drive to the residence will take one hour and the same time you will need for the drive back) and easily could be combined with the tour to Catherine palace in Pushkin. More detailed information about this palace you can find on
    the official site of the museum.

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