Constantine Palace
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The Constantine Palace ( Russian Константиновский дворец ) in Strelna in Saint Petersburg ( Russia ) was built in the Baroque style by Nicola Michetti from 1720 . However, the client, Peter the Great , soon lost interest in this " Russian Versailles " and turned his attention to the Peterhof palace complex . An attempt was made to complete the palace under Empress Elisabeth Petrovna - but without success, although the Italian architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli had developed grandiose plans for it. It was not until the early 19th century, the castle was by the architect Andrei Woronichin and Luigi Rusca on behalf of Paul I. completed. It is named after its first resident, Grand Duke Konstantin Pawlowitsch Romanow .
After the October Revolution , the Constantine Palace was used as an orphanage . In the Second World War by the German besiegers badly damaged, he was appointed as Naval Academy rebuilt.
For the 300th anniversary of Saint Petersburg, the palace was completely renovated in 2001–2003, for which the Russian state invested 280 million euros. Today it is a residence of the Russian President , houses a museum and an international congress center. In 2006 the G8 summit took place in the palace. The Palace of Constantine (or Congress Palace) was revamped again in the run-up to the G20 summit (early September 2013). 2 billion rubles or the equivalent of 51 million euros were spent on this.
The Constantine Palace is under the Russian Presidential Administration in Moscow.
Web links
- Official Website of the Palace Complex and the Congress Center (Russian)
- Entry with visitor information on museum.ru (Russian)
Coordinates: 59 ° 51 ′ 13 ″ N , 30 ° 3 ′ 35 ″ E