🖼 Pavlovsk Palace

Садовая ул., 20, Павловск

A classical palace on a hill above the Slavyanka river, surrounded by one of the largest landscape parks in Europe.

The palace was founded on 25 May 1782 to a design by Charles Cameron for Grand Duke Paul Petrovich and Maria Feodorovna.
Cameron, Brenna, Quarenghi, Voronikhin and Rossi all worked on the palace — each left his own halls.
The dome over the central Italian Hall is ringed by 64 columns.
On 10 January 1803 a fire broke out in the palace that lasted more than a day; the interiors were restored by Voronikhin.
In 1944 the retreating troops burned the palace, but the curator Anna Zelenova managed to evacuate and hide part of the collections.
The postwar restoration lasted until 1970; of the palace's more than 300 rooms, 45 are open to visitors.

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