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Pavlovsk Palace is an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by Catherine the Great for her son Paul I and his wife Maria Feodorovna. The palace and the English garden surrounding it are now a museum and a public park near Saint Petersburg.
Pavlovsk Palace. The centrepiece of the Pavlovsk ensemble is the Great Palace, a marvellous specimen of Russian Classicism of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It was built by Charles Cameron between 1782 and 1786.
Pavlovsk's Grand Palace is a superb neoclassical mansion that was once home to Emperor Paul. Explore the Grand Palace and other sights at the Imperial estate of Pavlovsk, near St. Petersburg.
Learn about the history and architecture of Pavlovsk Palace, a Palladian-style building commissioned by Catherine II for her son Paul and his wife Maria Fedorovna. Explore the palace and its park, which feature rustic structures inspired by Switzerland.
A country residence of the Russian imperial family, it was created by a succession of outstanding architects, painters and sculptors within a relatively short span of time: begun around 1780, it was virtually completed by 1825.
Although lacking the dazzling splendour of the estates at Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof, Pavlovsk is well worth visiting both for the treasures in the elegant palace and for the charming, rambling park, which is one of the largest and finest English-style landscape gardens outside the UK.
The Pavlovsk Palace is famous for its collection of antiquities. The largest part of it was purchased by Catherine II and later transferred to this palace. The monument to Paul I in front of the palace was unveiled in 1830 made by sculptor Vitali.
