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Marly Palace
8 NAZI OCCUPATION
This charming
Baroque mansion (left) Peterhof was occupied
was built as an intimate for three years during
retreat for the tsar and World War II by Nazi
his guests, and is set in soldiers laying siege
a formal garden with to the city. They burnt
sculptures, fountains the Great Palace and
and Niccolo Michetti’s ex ten sively damaged
Golden Hill Cascade. several of the struc tures.
A few of the rooms are The estate was gradually
open to the public. restored after the war.

Monplaisir
The Neptune
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Fountain
Monplaisir (“my
plea sure” in French), with The Neptune Fountain’s
its beautiful gar dens and Baroque sculp ture, the
flower beds (above), was central feature of the
Peter’s fa vour ite palace. Upper Gardens, was
He often held parties originally erected in
here, in which guests Nuremberg, Germany,
took part in a punishing in 1658. It was sold to
regime of drinking. The Paul II in 1782 by local
in teriors, not as lavish authorities as a lack of
The Hermitage
6 as the Great Palace, are water in the town had
This pavilion
still impressive.
rendered it unusable.
(1721–5), once used as a
pri vate dining venue by NEED TO KNOW • An exciting way to
the tsar and his friends, travel to or from Peterhof
stands aloof on the • MAP G1 • Peterhof, is by hydro foil. Boats
shores of the gulf. 30 km (19 miles) W of
To highlight the need for St Petersburg • 450 5287 depart from the Gulf
of Finland and leave
solitude, the building is • www.peterhofmuseum.ru St Petersburg from
surrounded by a moat. Great Palace: 10:30am–6pm Dvortsovaya nab, near
The Pyramid
7 Tue–Sun (closed last Tue the Winter Palace (see
of month). Adm: adults
p14). Boats run early
Fountain
The fountain (1721) is ₽600; children ₽300 Jun–early Oct every hour
formed by 550 jets rising Parks: 9am–8pm Mon–Fri from 9:30am to 6pm
in seven tiers. Commem­ & Sun, 9am–9pm Sat. Adm: daily. The journey takes
o rating the Russian adults ₽700; under-16s free less than an hour.
victory over Sweden Fountains: mid-May–Oct: • Restaurants and cafés
in 1709, it was badly 10am–6pm daily (to 8:50pm are scattered around
damaged by Nazi bombs Sat & to 7pm Sun) the estate.
during World War II.
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