Saint Petersburg Tours would be incomplete without a visit to the Gatchina Palace, Saint Petersburg. It is one of the famous Tourist Attractions in Saint Petersburg. Located in Northwestern Federal District of Russia on the Neva River at the east end of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, the city of Saint Petersburg is a popular tourist destination. Catherine the Great offered the Gatchina estate as a gift to Count Grigory Orlov in 1765. Gatchina Palace, Saint Petersburg was built in 1766-1781.
The Palace Park, the first landscape park in the history of Russia, was built near the Big and the Silver Lakes. An underground passage led from the Gatchina Palace in Saint Petersburg to the Lake.
In 1783 Catherine II bought Gatchina back from the Orlov family and gave it as a gift to Paul, her son. The Gatchina Palace, Saint Petersburg, the park and park buildings were rebuilt and expanded along with the construction of the Catherineveder Tower, the Forest Conservatory, the ensemble of monumental gates and a terraced quay in 1792. A parade ground with bastions and the Connetable obelisk, ‘The Birch Hut’ and the ‘Venus Pavilion’ were also built at this time. Tourists can also visit the XVIII century staterooms.
Visiting Hours
Gatchina Palace in Saint Petersburg remains closed on Monday and the last Tuesday of every month. The palace is open from 10 a.m. up to 5 p.m.
Getting to Gatchina Palace, Saint Petersburg
Tourists can catch the train from Baltisky Railway Station to Gatchina-Baltiskaya Station.
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