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View of the Great Cascade Fountains and the Great Palace in Peterhof
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| Title | View of the Great Cascade Fountains and the Great Palace in Peterhof |
| Notes | The Great Palace functions as the structural center of the complex, between the Upper Gardens and the Lower Park. The palace stands at the edge of a sixteen-meter high terrace, and is decorated with gilt statues, and the crystalline jets of the Great Cascade and terrace fountains. Renowned international architects such as Jonathan Braunstein, Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, Niccolo Michetti and Bartolomeo Rastrelli took part in its construction. |
| Subjects | Castles and palaces
Sculpture
Fountains
Gardens
Petrodvorets (Russia)
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| Photographer | Villafana, Sebastian |
| Country | Russia |
| Region | Severo-Zapadnyy Ekonomicheskiy Rayon |
| Rayon/District | Leningradskaya Oblast |
| City/Town | Petrodvorets |
| Artist/Architect | Michetti, Niccolo, d. 1759
Braunstein, Johann-Fredrich
Blond, Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Le, 1679-1719
Zemtsov, Mikhail, ßd 1686 or 1688-1743 |
| Object Date | 18th century |
| Contributors | Villafana, Sebastian |
| ImageType | photograph |
| Digital Collection | Central Eurasian Information Resource |
| Image No. | 4622 |
| Contact information | The University of Washington Libraries does not provide reproductions of this image. The original negative, print, or slide reproduced here remains in the possession of the copyright holder. For further information contact the UW Libraries' Slavic and East European Section, slavinfo@u.washington.edu. |
| Rights | Villafana, Sebastian |
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