1/6/19 Koryuskha restaurant and Grand Peterhof Palace
June 5, 2019by Lids
Delicious lunch @ Koryushka restaurant, contemporary chic with European and Russian cuisine served on a beach front terrace, with views over the Neva river. Very special!
One of the few days in June that the Grand Peterhof Palace is open, is this evening between 18:00 and 20:00. So, purchased a ticket. A long wait in a queue behind different nationalities’ tour groups…..
The Palace complex is a series of palaces and gardens commissioned by Peter the Great as a direct response to the Palace of Versailles by Louis 14th of France. Majestic and elegant, it stretches for 300 metres. Architect Rastrelli was involved in this design as the centrepiece of the “Russian Versailles”, (as well as the Winter Palace in the Hermitage).
BallroomWhite Dining RoomBlue sitting room64 fountains comprise “The Grand Cascade”, Samson fountain in the middle, modelled on one constructed for Louis X!V at Chateau de Marly. Perhaps the greatest technological achievement of Peterhof is that all of the fountains operate without the use of pumps. Water is supplied from natural springs and collects in reservoirs in the Upper Gardens. The elevation difference creates the pressure that drives most of the fountains of the Lower Gardens, including the Grand Cascade. The Samson Fountain is supplied by a special aqueduct, over 4 km in length, drawing water and pressure from a high-elevation source.
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