Catherine Palace

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former imperial residence museum palace

The Catherine Palace is a lavish Rococo-style former imperial residence in Tsarskoye Selo near St. Petersburg, famed for its opulent baroque architecture and the reconstructed Amber Room.

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Label Occurrences
Catherine Palace canonical 42
Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo 1
Catherine Palace ensemble 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former imperial residence ⓘ
museum ⓘ
palace ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo ⓘ
surface form: Great Palace of Tsarskoye Selo
amberRoomReconstructionCompleted 2003 ⓘ
architect Andrei Kvasov ⓘ
Bartolomeo Rastrelli ⓘ
Johann Friedrich Braunstein ⓘ
Mikhail Zemtsov NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
Rococo architecture ⓘ
surface form: Rococo
chiefArchitectForRebuild Bartolomeo Rastrelli ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
distanceFromSaintPetersburg about 25 km south ⓘ
floorCount 2 main storeys plus mezzanines ⓘ
hasBallroom Great Hall ⓘ
hasChapel Palace Chapel of the Resurrection ⓘ
hasDome gilded cupolas of palace chapel ⓘ
hasGarden Catherine Park ⓘ
hasReconstructedFeature Amber Room ⓘ
hasThroneRoom yes ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criterion (i) ⓘ
UNESCO cultural criterion (ii) ⓘ
UNESCO cultural criterion (iv) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 1717 ⓘ
locatedIn Pushkin ⓘ
Saint Petersburg agglomeration ⓘ
Saint Petersburg Oblast ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg region

Tsarskoye Selo ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
namedAfter Catherine I of Russia ⓘ
notableFeature Amber Room ⓘ
Cameron Gallery ⓘ
surface form: Cameron Gallery (as part of the palace ensemble)

Golden Enfilade ⓘ
Grand Hall (Great Hall or Hall of Light) ⓘ
numberOfWindowsOnFaçade over 100 ⓘ
occupiedBy German forces during World War II ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator Tsarskoye Selo State Museum of Fine Arts and Historic Monuments ⓘ
surface form: Tsarskoye Selo State Museum-Preserve
originalClient Catherine I of Russia ⓘ
ownedBy Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation
partOf Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments ⓘ
Tsarskoye Selo State Museum of Fine Arts and Historic Monuments ⓘ
surface form: Tsarskoye Selo State Museum-Preserve

Tsarskoye Selo State Museum of Fine Arts and Historic Monuments ⓘ
surface form: Tsarskoye Selo palace-and-park ensemble
rebuiltIn 1750s ⓘ
1752 ⓘ
1756 ⓘ
restorationBegan 1950s ⓘ
roofMaterial metal ⓘ
significantAlterationBy Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
significantEvent severe damage during World War II ⓘ
significantExpansionBy Elizabeth of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Empress Elizabeth of Russia
styleOfMainFaçade Late Baroque ⓘ
touristAttraction major tourist destination near Saint Petersburg ⓘ
usedAs summer residence of Russian tsars ⓘ
usedBy Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
Elizabeth of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Empress Elizabeth of Russia

House of Romanov ⓘ
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Nicholas II of Russia

Referenced by (50)

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Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia → residence → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Bartolomeo Rastrelli → notableWork → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Pushkin, Saint Petersburg → hasLandmark → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Pushkin, Saint Petersburg → knownFor → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Empress of Russia → seatOfPower → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Tsarskoye Selo → hasPalace → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Pushkin → hasAttraction → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Pushkin → knownFor → Catherine Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo
Pushkin → hasMuseum → Catherine Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catherine Palace museum
Amber Room → relocatedTo → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Amber Room → removedFrom → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Amber Room → reconstructionLocation → Catherine Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catherine Palace, Pushkin
Catherine Park → adjacentTo → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Great Hall → locatedIn → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Tsarskoye Selo State Museum of Fine Arts and Historic Monuments → administers → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Charles Cameron → notableWork → Catherine Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interiors in the Catherine Palace
Imperial Court of Russia → residence → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum → adjacentTo → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Giacomo Quarenghi → notableWork → Catherine Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catherine Palace wing, Tsarskoye Selo
Death of Boris → hasSetting → Catherine Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tsar’s apartments
Tsarskoye Selo area (initial burial) → near → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Rastrelli → notableWork → Catherine Palace ⓘ
subject surface form: Bartolomeo Rastrelli
Rastrelli → associatedWith → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg → hasHeritageSite → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Alexander Park → near → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Alexander Park → hasView → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Lyceum Garden → near → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Kuzminsky Gate → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Hermitage Kitchen Pavilion → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Chinese Village, Tsarskoye Selo → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Monument to Alexander Pushkin in Tsarskoye Selo → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Feodorovsky Cathedral → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Chinese Village → hasNearby → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Grotto Pavilion → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Cameron Gallery → partOf → Catherine Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catherine Palace ensemble
Cameron Gallery → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Agate Rooms → locatedIn → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Upper Bath → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Granite Terrace → associatedWith → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Tower Ruin → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
White Tower → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Farm Palace → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Cavalier Houses → associatedWith → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Cavalier Houses → near → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Tsar's Village → hasPalace → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Alexander Palace museum → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Marble Bridge → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Upper Pond → hasRelationTo → Catherine Palace ⓘ
Catherine Cathedral → locatedNear → Catherine Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
Pushkinsky District → hasHeritageSite → Catherine Palace ⓘ