An Overview Tour of the Gatchina Palace
Erected in the 18th century for the Count Gregory Orlov, Catherine II’s favourite, the Palace was conceived as a hunting and residential estate. Since then and up to the October revolution it remained the property of the Imperial family. Throughout this period, state and private rooms were designed and created for the use of several generations of Russian tsars and their family members.
The Palace suffered extensive damage in World War II, and has now available for viewing the restored state apartments dating to Paul’s time, the exhibition arranged in his private suite of rooms, a part of weapons collection, and the private Chapel. The tour looks at the history of the Palace, its interior décor, the architects involved in its construction and its former owners.
The exhibition Alexander III’s Family in Gatchina can be part of the tour for small groups of up to 15 people. It was during the reign of Alexander III that Gatchina became the principal royal residence.
The tour runs by prior arrangement or as groups fill up.
For more information and booking, please,
call at +7 (813 71) 93 492, 76 715
Erected in the 18th century for the Count Gregory Orlov, Catherine II’s favourite, the Palace was conceived as a hunting and residential estate. Since then and up to the October revolution it remained the property of the Imperial family. Throughout this period, state and private rooms were designed and created for the use of several generations of Russian tsars and their family members.
The Palace suffered extensive damage in World War II, and has now available for viewing the restored state apartments dating to Paul’s time, the exhibition arranged in his private suite of rooms, a part of weapons collection, and the private Chapel. The tour looks at the history of the Palace, its interior décor, the architects involved in its construction and its former owners.
The exhibition Alexander III’s Family in Gatchina can be part of the tour for small groups of up to 15 people. It was during the reign of Alexander III that Gatchina became the principal royal residence.
The tour runs by prior arrangement or as groups fill up.
For more information and booking, please,
call at +7 (813 71) 93 492, 76 715