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Catherine Palace

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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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A Baroque palace.

Bartolomeo Rastrellis Tsarskoye Selo palace, a lavish example of Russian Rococo architecture.

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