Catherine Palace Restoration

http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/HOBBY/AMBER/amberroom.jpeg
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/amberroom.jpg
http://www.imaging-and-art.com/russia/rus_images/amber-room.jpg
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There are plenty on google.

the feeling that I get when I look at those pictures, i think what would it look like if i covered a room's walls in toffee or peanut brittle.

http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=387521&cid=460

Does anyone have recent pictures of the exterior of the Catherine Palace?  Last I heard, they were restoring the church domes and I believe it is done now.  I also think work was being done on one of the facades.  Any info would be appreciated.  Thanks.

Does anyone have recent pictures of the exterior of the Catherine Palace?  Last I heard, they were restoring the church domes and I believe it is done now.  I also think work was being done on one of the facades.  Any info would be appreciated.  Thanks.

A picture could be found here.
http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thecureforeverything.org/images/uploads/CatherinesPalace.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thecureforeverything.org/&usg=__nDBrH-NpymF-3FvwBcKkUROXL1E=&h=478&w=640&sz=191&hl=de&start=15&zoom=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=ZwjJpfgdj_3YTM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dst%2Bcatherine%2Bpalace%2B2010%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dde%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1

this must be recently. During my visit in May 2009 the top of the domes very very shinning from new gold. but the the other parts of the church were scaffolded.

Does anyone know what work is being done at the Catherine Palace these days?  They finished the Arabesque Hall last year-has any progress been made on the Lyon Hall?  Any work on the Chapel or any of the pavilions? 

Catherine Palace - no plans. New goal is the AP. In June we see 2nd floor.

Are you saying that they are restoring the 2nd floor of the AP ?

Restoration is a long process and I think we see the rooms before the restoration. TS director Olga Taratynova said that the museum opens an exhibition in June in the AP (the 2nd floor).

She also said that they start to restore the garden facade of the Catherine Palace and the Agate Rooms.

The Lower Bathhouse of Tsarskoïe Selo are restored and opened !!  Here a video : http://www.angelfire.com/pa/ImperialRussian/news/356news.html

The history of this pavilion : http://eng.tzar.ru/museums/palaces/catherine_park/regular/lower_bath

To bring back an old discussion from earlier in this thread, I recently stumbled across another depiction of the Catherine Palace in yellow, this one apparently from the 1830s. I don't know about the original color, but it seems the palace was not always blue.

http://antiquariy.ru/engraving-4-151.html