The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo, also called Pushkin, about 30 kilometers south of St. Petersburg, Russia, that served as the summer residence of the Russian tsars. It forms part of the World Heritage Site covering Saint Petersburg and its related groups of monuments.
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Building TypeWikipedia own lead classifies it stylistically as Rococo; building-type recorded at the family plain Palace value. LocationPushkin (Tsarskoye Selo), Russia 1 Completed YearDate is for Bartolomeo Rastrelli 1751-1756 reconstruction of the palace; the original stone palace on the site was built in 1723 by Johann Friedrich Braunstein. Classification
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Bartolomeo Rastrellis Tsarskoye Selo palace, a lavish example of Russian Rococo architecture.
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The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized: Yekaterininskiy dvorets, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinʲɪnskʲɪj dvɐˈrʲets]) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia.
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is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia
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Construction ended in 1756.
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The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized: Yekaterininskiy dvorets, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinʲɪnskʲɪj dvɐˈrʲets]) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.
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