Pavlovsk

Pavlovsk is a palate in arc of a circle to 26 km in the south of Saint-Pétersbourg in the middle of 600 hectares of wood and lakes.

History

He was built between 1782 and 1786 for Catherine II which made of it gift with his/her only child Paul Ier by the architect Charles Cameron. Interior decoration was conceived by Maria de Wurttenberg, marries of Paul, woman to the temperament artist which lived there since the assassination of Paul in 1801 until his death in 1828.

Gate of the garden

Out of cast iron these doric columns resemble those of Berlin.

Temple of Apollo

Part of the colonnades in half-circle around the statue fell in 1817 by making a semi-ruin.

The house of the three Graces

The palate

The Italian rotunda

In the center of the palate on two levels lit by the cupola with a central crystal candlestick.

Small cabinet

The fire wall was at the origin in the room to be slept of Paul to the Michel castle. This last tried to hide behind when the officers entered but its feet were visible. Its widow placed it in obviousness in particular for her Alexandre son who was a quiet comparse.

The throne room

400 m 2

The room of the knights

It was used for Paul Ier to accommodate the knights of Malta which he had taken under his protection after Napoleon conquered the island.

The city

The town of Pavlovsk is one of the places in the novel the idiot of Fedor Dostoïevski.

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Descriptive UNESCO
official site
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