Summer Palace of Peter the Great

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The summer palace

The Summer Palace of Peter the Great ( Russian Летний дворец Петра I ) is the first residence of Peter I that has survived to our days. It is located in the St. Petersburg Summer Garden .

The palace was built between 1710 and 1714 in the Baroque style based on a project by Domenico Trezzini . Like the Peter and Paul Church , which Trezzini started at the same time but was not completed until later, it is one of the oldest buildings in the city. Only a few monuments have survived from this early phase of St. Petersburg Baroque architecture, which is characterized by simple forms and ornamental restraint. The two-storey palace consists of 14 rooms.

The facade of the palace is decorated with 29 reliefs depicting the events of the Northern War in allegorical form . They are ascribed to the German architect and sculptor Andreas Schlueter , who stayed in St. Petersburg for a few months from 1713 until his death in 1714; The only thing that is certain, however, is that the suggestion came from him.

The residence was only used in the warm season from May to October, so the walls are relatively thin and the windows have single glazing.

Peter moved in 1712 into the almost completed palace and lived there during the summer until his death in 1725. He occupied the ground floor, the upper floor was for Catherine I provided.

museum

Since 1934 there has been a historical museum in the palace, which is a branch of the Russian Museum . It is open from June to October.

Web links

Commons : Summer Palace of Peter the Great  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alpatow: History of Russian Art. Dresden 1975, p. 154.

Coordinates: 59 ° 56 '50.4 "  N , 30 ° 20' 10.2"  E