Gatchinsky Palace Biography

The Palace and Park ensembles Gatchinsky Palace initially the Palace in Gatchina was built for the favorite of Catherine II Count Grigory Orlov according to the project of architect Antonio Rinaldi in the style of the Italian Palazzo, the construction was completed in the year.

In addition to the castle with the towers, Rinaldi erected in the Chesmensky Obelisk Park in honor of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish in the Bay of Chesma in the year, she was dedicated to Count Orlov, created an “echo”, completing the underground passage from the palace to the silver lake, and imprisoned a strong underground key in the granite frame of the octagon.

Grigory Orlov did not live in Gatchina constantly, visiting the palace during hunting or rest, for Pavel Gatchina became a truly home. The three -story central corps was connected by crossings with side wings, square in plan. The facade of the palace is lined with local limestone by Pudostic stone. Together with the architect Vincenzo Brenna Pavel Petrovich, he replaced the park and took up the restructuring of the palace, making ceremonial halls with luxurious interiors.

Paul’s fascination with military affairs was reflected in the new appearance of buildings. From the hunting house, the Gatchinsky ensemble turned into a castle with a fortress moat and a wide parade ground for military parades. In this place in the year, after the death of the emperor, they erected a monument to the work of sculptor Ivan Vitali. The Park of the Gatchina Palace was defeated in a picturesque place, equipped in an English style and included a complex system of lakes.

In the old days, to the silver lake from the palace could be entered through an underground passage. The course itself has been preserved today, but now it is a dead end. Under Paul I, the landscape park was complemented by architectural buildings, the Admiralty appeared for the ships of the lake flotilla, and on the project of V. Brenna built a marina-terrace, built bridges, architect N.

Lvov designed the amphitheater. The memory of the romantic relationship of the emperor with his wife is preserved by the Pavilion of Venus, which is located on the corner of the island of love and is washed from three sides by the water of the White Lake. The most unusual construction of the palace complex is the Priorat Earth Palace. The architect N. Lviv used the bold idea to build a palace from the ground with an earth -bit method.

Work on the construction of the palace ended in the year. According to the plan, the palace was erected for the prior of the Maltese order, the great master of which was Pavel. But as intended, the palace has never been used.