The Great Palace in Peterhof Main Floor - Floor Plan

1) OFFICE OF PETER I

2) CROWN

3) 1-I ROOM ANOTHER HALF

4) 2-I ROOM ANOTHER HALF

5) 3rd ROOM ANOTHER HALF

6) 4-I ROOM ANOTHER HALF

7) Blue room

8) SMALL PASS

9) Cavaliers

10) SHTANDARTNAYA

11) OFFICE

12) TOILET

13) SOFA

14) KUROPATOCHNAYA LOUNGE

15) EAST CHINA OFFICE

16) Portrait hall

17) WEST CHINA OFFICE

18) WHITE DINING

19) Audience HALL

20) Throne Hall

21) Chesmensky HALL

22)  BLUE RECEPTION

23) Communicating rooms (SANDERS)

24) Pantry

25) SECRETARIAL

26) CHURCH

27) DANCE HALL

28) Main Staircase

29) Communicating rooms

The Peterhof palace Mode of operation, May - early October: 10.00 to 18.00, October - May: from 11.00 to 17.00, weekends - on Monday and last Tuesday of every months. Phone +7(812) 427-7425 In the era of Peter I the palace was called the upper house. It was a compact two-storey building, built in 1710-ies on the edge of the seaside terraces architects I. Braunstein, and J.-B.Leblonom. In 1747, commissioned by Elizabeth's palace rebuilt BA-F.Rastrelli. He retained as the core of the old palace was joined by two side wings of the charges brought in the Upper Garden Corps-rizalit. The wooden palace gallery erected N. Michetti, Rastrelli was rebuilt in stone, and place small pavillions built a two luxurious body-stamp and the church. Staterooms On the first floor of the palace remained white-marble lobby | Peter's time, from which 'the long hallway you can go to the West rizalit where BA-F.Rastrelli posted a precious main staircase. This magnificent, richly painted and gilded interior is anthem of the reign of Empress Elizabeth. A staircase leads to the apartment suites. mezzanine. In the suite includes Sahl official appointment: Avanzag (Chesmensky) Ceremonial Throne, the Audience Hall, Light Gallery (Ballroom), white dining room, Picture Hall (central hall of Peter's upper house), representative kabinettsy, rooms for secretaries and guards. The formal part of follow state rooms private (own) half, where access was open only to a narrow circle of persons. This bedroom private offices, bathroom and lounge. All the interiors were originally designed by Rastrelli. Great proportion of large halls, hanging "Mirror" the arches, decorated with a lampshade painting, lots of gilt, mirrors, murals, parquet floors favorite BN-F.Rastrelli picture "Zigzag" of fine wood, all creates a sense of endless holiday. Since the reign of Catherine II (since 1762) of the interiors designed by Rastrelli was re-B.Vallen J. de la Mothe and J. Felten. Among them Chesmensky room which is decorated with twelve large-scale canvases, executed by the German painter Ya-F.Hakkertom in 1771-1773, respectively. Six of them represent episodes of the famous battle Chesmensky June 26, 1770. One of the most famous interiors of the palace - Picture Hall, the central Hall of Peter the upper house. The hall was decorated Leblond, who designed it so that its balconies offer the widest possible view of the Upper Garden and the Sea Canal. Later BA-F.Rastrelli replaced the floors of the hall and door and window openings, decorating their carved and gilded frames.

Peterhof Palace, view from above,

Peterhof Grand Palace

a grand staircase - the lower part

. On the main staircase shapes spring and summer

Detail of walls on the Grand Staircase

ceiling of the grand staircase

The rooms and halls of the Grand Peterhof Palace

The Grand Palace along with the large fountain cascade in front of it is the main attraction of Peterhof and architectural dominant of the whole Palace and Park complex. In XVII – XIX centuries the Grand Peterhof Palace was the main ceremonial residence of Russian tsars, which hosted important events and celebrations, receptions, balls and masquerades. This monumentally looking building has about 30 rooms inside.