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Cultural tour - Educational tours - Musical tour - Winter tour
Alexander Palace - Novgorod - Pavlovsk - Peterhof - Tsarskoye Selo
A superb palace and park ensemble, dating from the late 18th to
the 19th century, Pavlovsk was a summer residence of the Russian
emperor Paul I and his family. Its architects were among the
greatest of the period: Cameron, Brenna, Quarenghi, Voronikhin and
Rossi. The landscape park, one of the largest in Europe, covers an
area of 600 hectares.
The formation of the Pavlovsk Palace collections was closely
connected with the journey by its owners through Europe in 1781-82.
They visited workshops of well-known artists, ordering and acquiring
paintings, furniture, bronze articles, silk fabrics, china sets, etc.
They also brought back to Russia a large number of antique sculptures
from Italy, and gifts from European royal courts.
Many of these treasures are on view, together with an excellent
collection of portraits by Russian artists, and a number of
Pavlovsk landscape paintings and drawings.
After the murder of Paul in 1801, Pavlovsk became the primary
residence of his widow. After her death in 1828 the palace passed
to their son, Grand Duke Mikhail Petrovich. Mikhail was childless
and bequeathed Pavlovsk to his nephew Konstantin Nickolaevich,
who in turn left to his son, the famous poet Konstanin
Konstantinovich. During this period the main building of the palace
was recognised by the Romanov family as a unique artistic and
historic legacy and it was preserved as a virtual museum.
Very few changes were made to the decoration and it continued to
have the look and feel of the early 19th century.
After the revolution the palace passed through difficult times
involving many threats to its very survival.
During WWII the palace was badly damaged and looted.
It was restored after the war and is now open as a museum.
(Open: 10:00 a.m. - 17:00 p.m.
Closed on Friday and on the first Monday of every month.)
Pavlovsk Photo gallery
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