🖼 Konstantinovsky Palace

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Scheduled guided tours

Peter I had his eye on this place as early as 1709, planning a residence that would surpass Versailles.
In 1797 Paul I gave the estate to his son Konstantin — hence the palace's name.
The historian Vladimir Kurbatov called Strelna the "palace of the sea tsar" as a counterpart to Versailles.
In the war only a stone shell was left of the palace; from 1955 the Arctic Naval School worked here for 45 years.
The restored palace opened on 30–31 May 2003, and in 2006 and 2013 it hosted the G8 and G20 summits.
On 25 July 2015 the draw for the qualifying tournament of the 2018 World Cup was held in the palace.

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