Gatchina Palace

[Chelsea]

Apparently the kennel is gone.  The palace itself, although by no means  even partially  restored, is a very interesting visit if a bit out-of-the-way.

I  suspected that was the case but it is still disappointing.  My family has always had Borzois so I thought it would be an interesting place to visit... I hope you  had a wonderful visit though and thank you so much for asking for me!

[Vassili_Vorontsoff]

Hi Robert,

You said about Gatchina: "The village of Gatchina is sweet, very clean & friendly. They do not get many foreign visitors there. This will all change soon, as the jurisdiction is going from one province to another and the authority will soon be St.Petersburg palace museums. "

What is the sense please,could you be clearer?
Thanks Vassili

[Robert_Hall]

Hi Vassili
 I was told that the palace & park will be transfered to the St. Petersburg museums complex group. It is now under the local provincial authority, and therefore does not get much funding. When this happens, more effort to attract visitors will ensue, generating more revenue for the various projects as well as money from the government.
 Apparently, this is the eventual plan for Oranienbaum as well.

[Reco]

A tunnel under Gatchina Palace

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[Jay]

  Those photos are magnificent!! Thanks guys! I'm doing a lot of research on the palace and am wondering if there's any good books I should acquire? Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated and thankyou in advance.

[Arleen_Ristau]

Reco, as usual great pictures.....I am really interested in the tunnel picture.
Did you take it yourself or if you posted from a book please let us know what you know about it.  

It looks too finished and big to be one of the secret/escape tunnels we have heard so much about.  Is it some sort of "service" tunnel?  To get from one wing to the other or etc?

Thanks for posting, I am really into the tunnels of this building.

Arleen

[Reco]

Many thanks Arleen,

Generally, I find the images on the Web. I have also some art books but they are not recent.

There is no always description of the images. Often the inscription is false. Example: one writes
Palais of the Hermitage and I recognize a part of Peterhof !

I am interested much more in architecture that with the history.

Reco

[Nadya_Arapov]

I'm posting several pictures taken of Gatchina in 1915 by Prince Feodor Alexandrovich, MF's grandson. The rooms aren't specified. It only mentions that they were in Gatchina.

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