Palaces of Palaces of St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg

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Why St. Petersburg? Why St. Petersburg? ► Tsar Peter the Great founded Tsar Peter the Great founded

the city of St Petersburg on the city of St Petersburg on the Neva River in 1703. The the Neva River in 1703. The city would become a symbol city would become a symbol of Tsar Peter the Great desire of Tsar Peter the Great desire to have his empire reflect to have his empire reflect those of other European those of other European empires. Tsar Peter the Great empires. Tsar Peter the Great wanted to break with the old wanted to break with the old which was reflected by which was reflected by Moscow and so he began to Moscow and so he began to build St. Petersburg to reflect build St. Petersburg to reflect the new. In 1713 Tsar Peter the new. In 1713 Tsar Peter the Great would move to St. the Great would move to St. Petersburg and then on St. Petersburg and then on St. Petersburg would flourish Petersburg would flourish architecturally as seen by the architecturally as seen by the Palaces of St. Petersburg. Palaces of St. Petersburg.

Views of St Petersburg, 1725

St. Petersburg Summer St. Petersburg Summer Palace Palace

St. Petersburg Summer Palace was one of the earliest building to be built in Saint Petersburg and it was designed by Domenico Trezzini. The Summer Palace would be Tsar Peter the Greats summer home until his death in 1725.

St. Petersburg Winter palaceSt. Petersburg Winter palace

Tsar Peter the Great had the first Winter Palace built in 1711. Ten years later a second version of the Winter palace was built in 1721 and joined with the original Winter Palace constructed by Tsar Peter the Great. The Winter Palace was built for a third time reflecting the Winter Palace as shown.

St. Petersburg Menshikov St. Petersburg Menshikov PalacePalace

As St. Petersburg was being developed Tsar Peter the Great ordered Nobel families to establish a residence in the new capital city of St. Petersburg. One of the First Nobel families to come to St. Petersburg was the Menshikov’s who built the Menshikov Palace that would be more lavish than the Tsars Palaces.

St. Petersburg Marble Palace St. Petersburg Marble Palace

The Marble Palace was commissioned by Empress Catherine the Great for her favorite Count, Grigory Orlov. The palace was designed and built between 1768 and 1785 by the Italian-born architect Antonio Rinaldi.

Conclusion Conclusion ►The Palaces of St. Petersburg was Tsar The Palaces of St. Petersburg was Tsar

Peter the Great’s way of bringing forth Peter the Great’s way of bringing forth his new capital St. Petersburg to reflect his new capital St. Petersburg to reflect the other empires of Europe. Tsar Peter the other empires of Europe. Tsar Peter the Great would build the first palace the Great would build the first palace of St. Petersburg but the Menshikov of St. Petersburg but the Menshikov would establish one of the most grand would establish one of the most grand palaces of St. Petersburg reflecting the palaces of St. Petersburg reflecting the Architecture development in Russia Architecture development in Russia due to St. Petersburg’s Palaces. due to St. Petersburg’s Palaces.