Where is the Summer Palace of Peter 1. History. History of the creation of the palace

Before the foundation of St. Petersburg in 1703, the banks of the Neva were not deserted.

The life in the city of Nien, and at the place of branch of the Neva River Fontanka, was a rich estate of the Swedish Major, who served in Nienshanz's fortress.

The manor was called Mazz Konau, and the Russians called her "Kononov Manor".

At this place, after the founding of the city, and the summer residence of Peter was built.

It should not be assumed that the Nevsky shores were populated by the Swedes, which, as a result of the war, king Peter was kicked. Almost near Kononova estate stood a completely Russian village "Usadishi".

Unlike the surrounding marshide, the territory of the manor was landscaped not so much from the point of view of the nonsense amenities, but also quite utilitarian: the field was attenuating, fertilized and had a good garden.

On the basis of this garden (when the need for it disappeared) from 1706 around the palace began to breed the summer garden that became famous for the whole country.

At first, the building of the royal house was wooden, from the river Fontanka to him there was a channel, so for the safety of the estate was surrounded with water from three sides.

Since the main events of the start of construction of St. Petersburg unfolded on the other side of the Neva, a small moisture bay was organized before the summer palace, which was called Havanets.

In1710, on the project of the architect Domenico Trezini, built a stone summer palace.

The facade of the new building. Architect gate was decorated with bas-reliefs with the image of the events of the Northern War.

Peter instructed the same architect to equip the internal interiors of the palace, but the gate died, dedicated to the palace just a year of his life.

Peter's wife and children lived on the second floor, and the relatives of the king were located on the first. The reception room was immediately located, where he accepted his petuncts, and the Cake Center, where the king was self-made self-keenly, and where did they have been released.

It was in the lobby of the summer palace that the first attempt was made on Peter Raskolniki.

And the most favorite room of Peter in the palace was a lathe workshop.

The palace called "Summer", because the royal family moved here in May and lived until October.

The walls were quite subtle, there was no heating. But, the first in St. Petersburg sewage system was arranged in the summer palace.

She was a flow, this was facilitated by the strength of the Fontanka River. And in the house the water was served by pumps.

In 1777, the flood destroyed the channels around the palace, and the sewage system has ceased to act.

After the death of the king and his wife, no one lived in the palace, he was used for the meetings of the secret council and for recreation of the court emperors. And after the construction of a new large summer palace for Empress Elizabeth Petrovna on the shore of the sink (where the Mikhailovsky castle is now), this one was abandoned at all.

It saved the house from alterations and rearrangements and retained the original appearance to the present day.

After the revolution, he was transferred to the Russian museum, in 1934 they assigned the status of an independent historical and domestic museum, but then returned back.

Today, the Summer Palace of Peter First is a branch of the Russian Museum.

In the 60s of the 20th century, a complete restoration of the palace was made, thereby restored many of the initial elements.

Until now, the Summer Palace has retained a cozy home atmosphere, in the exposition of the museum you can see the personal belongings of the king, his wife Catherine, their court and Freinin of the Empress.

Opening hours:

Visiting the exposition of the Summer Palace of Peter I Session: 11.00, 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00 and 16.00, groups up to 15 people.
Tickets only at the Palace Cash

Official site

Address:

St. Petersburg, Summer Garden, Kutuzov Embankment, House 2

How to get:

The nearest metro station is a seating courtyard.

Coming out of the subway in the underground transition we fall on the other side of the Nevsky Prospect. This is an intersection with a garden street.

For Sadovaya you need to go, without turning anywhere.

I will pass the Mikhailovsky Palace, go through the wash river, we go along the Swan's grooves (on the other side of which the summer garden is located). The road rests on the palace embankment.

Here you need to turn left, go to the top-wincing bridge and, reaching the middle of the summer garden lattice to enter inside. On the first Alley to turn left.

The alley goes to the fountain embankment, where the Palace of Peter 1 is located.

Summer Palace Peter.

The first thing is striking in this palace building is rather modest sizes. And the second is that the Summer Palace of Peter I has survived to the present day in the original form of the royal residence.

The Summer Palace of Peter I in the Summer Garden is one of the first stone palaces in St. Petersburg. He was erected in 1710-1714 under the leadership of the outstanding architect Domenico Trezini. At the same time, by the way, began the construction of his palace and the first general-governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Danilovich Menshikov. True, on the other bank of the Neva and on another island - Vasilyevsky. In 1711, Peter I takes the final decision on the transfer of the capital of the Russian kingdom from Moscow to the new city - St. Petersburg. Therefore, the construction of the palace was a kind of signal for the Moscow nobility and merchants, that the royal yard is going to the shores of the Neva seriously and for a long time.

The place for construction was not chosen by chance. Here, before the foundation of St. Petersburg, there was a manor of the Swedish Major Konau. And Peter completely purposefully tried to destroy all traces of the Swedish presence on the banks of the Neva. That is why he, to the surprise of many, did not use for any purpose a large and powerful fortress Nienshanz and the city of Nienna on the right bank of the Neva, after the capture of her Russian troops. In fact, Nienshanz's fortress was broken, that is, fired with the Earth. And the city was just ruined.

Palace Peter First in the summer garden

The king's palace was located in the northeastern part of the Summer Garden. Summer Garden is the first regular garden of St. Petersburg, laid in 1704. It is known that Petr I personally participated in the design. Gardening territory shutdled a large group of architects and garden matters. From the first years in the summer garden, they began to plant brushed from the warm edges of the Samshat, Chestnuts, Ilm, Apple, Pears, Walnut Trees. According to the example, the king in Moscow, greenhouses for breeding melons began to be arranged. In Moscow, in the greenhouses managed to grow surprisingly large and delicious melons. In Russia, unlike many countries, melon was served only for dessert.

The sculptural decor and finishing of the interior of the palace was engaged in the German sculptor and architect Andreas Sing. Not far from the palace, on the shore of Fontanka, A. Gatter began work on the construction of a grotto, which completed after the death of architects G.I. Mattarnovy and N. Micketty.

Palace Peter I was not provided for solemn events, but above all, the king's dwelling and his family. The building of the palace with emphasized strict appearance has a high four-tight roof decorated with angular drains in the form of winged dragons. The main decorative element of facades is a frieze of twenty-nine bas-reliefs separating the floors. Bas reliefs serve to glorify the military successes of Russia. Peter I here is depicted in the image of Perseya. Above the entrance to the Palace Borders of the Goddess of Wisdom, the patroness of sciences and crafts of Minerva surrounded by the banners and trophies.

According to the memoirs of contemporaries, the founder of the city on the Neva was as follows: Petr was raised early - in three or four in the morning. Walking around the room, pondering plans for the coming day. Then she was engaged in papers. At six in the morning, it was easy to breakfast, drove out of the palace. Dinted usually hours at 11 or 12, but no later than an hour in the afternoon. Before lunch, the king drank a glass of anise vodka, and before each new dish - kvass, beer or red wine. The traditional dinner consisted of thick hot acidic acids, cereals, a jelly, a cold pig in sour cream (fed entirely, and the sovereign himself chose a piece of mood), cold hot (most often duck) with salty cucumbers or salty lemons, ham and lymbourg cheese. After dinner, Peter put on a bathrobe and slept two hours. To four o'clock ordered to file urgent paper on a signature. Then he was engaged in his favorite thing - joinerynal, worked on the lathe and so on. Sleep went to bed at 10-11 without dinner.

The palace is characterized by a strong contrast between the strict external appearance and lush inner decoration. The summer palace is sometimes called a kind of monument of the Northern War, since both in bas-reliefs, and even in the picturesque plafoughs in allegorical form, the victories of Russian weapons are reflected. On the first floor of the palace - two admissions, cabinet, bedroom, dining room, room for duty yammer, cook and dressing room. Here is the subject of a special pride of Peter - Tokarnia, where he loved to work. On the second floor of the building there are a reception, throne, bedroom, children's, dance, green cabinet, a cook, a dressing room and a room for duty Freint.

The palace was made in the style of Petrovsky Baroque, they are talking about this clear proportions, numerous windows with fine pieces, bas-reliefs, stucco frieze under the roof. Palace retained his original layout and interior decoration. On each floor of the building are located seven small residential rooms. In the interiors of the Palace, first of all, a carved oak panel can be noted in the lower lobby with the image of Minerva, unique Dutch tiles in cooks and the office of Peter I, fireplaces with stucco bas-reliefs, scenic plafones and much more.

Soon the first stone embankment appeared near the summer palace. Until the middle of the XVIII century in St. Petersburg, embankments and bridges were built only from wood. On the stone embankment beside the summer palace, the Fontanka was arranged a small "Havan" for the parking lot of royal boats. Boats and other plaques were declared by Peter Decree by the main means of movement in the new capital. Therefore, the king demanded that each resident able to deal with the sail. I intend to teach residents of St. Petersburg to swimming under the sails, and not on oars, Peter injected fines depending on the ranks of the violators, as early as the first, second and third "murissions" of the royal decree. The king was responsible for the execution of the decree Ivan Stepanovich Potemkin: "... to be a fiscal to you, so that people who are acquired in St. Petersburg, during the wind they went by Nevya River on ships by Sail. And I will be afraid of the Decree of the Javita of the great sovereign to be the Decree of the Javitz, and the Statt will be taken for them ... "The bridges in St. Petersburg Peter to build forbidden.

Later, "Havanets" fell asleep, but recently, during archaeological excavations, St. Petersburg restorers discovered his stone retaining walls in which even iron rings were preserved for tosing boats.

At the beginning of the XXI century, the Summer Palace, like the Summer Garden, was moved to the Russian Museum. And today in the palace deployed an extensive exposition. Here are pictures with images of genre scenes, rare portraits, landscapes, canvas with images of ships and battles. One of the most valuable exhibits of the museum is a wind instrument made in a carved oak frame, made in Dresden. Its mechanism is driven by a flugger in the form of a figure of George Victorious, installed on the roof. In the 60s of the XX century, under the direction of architect A.E. Hesse was conducted by a scientific restoration of the museum, which helped recover many initial elements of the summer palace.

From the book the daily life of the Russian estate of the XIX century Author Okhlyabinin Sergey Dmitrievich

Summer landscape Summer landscape (Vera Alekseevna Repin on a bridge in Abramtsev). From the picture I. E. Repin. 1879.

Author

Alekseevsky Palace (Palace of Grand Prince Alexey Alexandrovich) The location of this palace of a member of the imperial family may seem strange. And for sure it seemed to be since its construction in the 1980s of the XIX century. Traditionally, the marine district of St. Petersburg, near

From the book 100 Great Attractions of St. Petersburg Author Butchers Senior Alexander Leonidovich

Summer garden is the most beautiful and most famous garden of St. Petersburg. It is located on the island, which is also called the Summer Garden. His borders: Fontanka, Swan Jacks, washing, Neva. The garden for Petersburgers is a special place, and a special phenomenon. After all, even the real spring

From the book flowing the river washing ... from Fontanka to Nevsky Prospect Author Zuev Georgy Ivanovich

Summer Garden The plan of creating a summer garden in St. Petersburg belongs to the founder of the city of Peter I. In 1704, the king ordered a large garden for himself, similar to the famous European parks of those years. He himself chose a place for his summer palace and first garden in a new

From the book Legendary Streets of St. Petersburg Author Erofeev Alexey Dmitrievich

From the book History of St. Petersburg inside out. Notes on the fields of urban chronicles Author Sherih Dmitry Yuryevich

From the book The history of the city of Rome in the Middle Ages Author Gregorovius Ferdinand

3. The Imperial Palace in Rome. - Imperial Guard. - Pfalzgraf. - Imperial fish. - Papal Palace and Papal treasure. - Reducing the income of lateran. - embezzlement of church property. - Immunity of bishops. - recognition in 1000 g. Roman church

From the book of 500 recipes of an old bidder Author Polivina love Alexandrovna

From the book 100 famous architectural monuments Author Pernamev Yuriy Sergeevich

Shenbrune - Summer Imperial Palace in Vienna. An acquaintance with Belvedere gives a complete picture of the Vienna Baroque era architecture, but another architectural monument has been preserved in Vienna, ascending to the same time in the history of the city.

From the book Folk traditions of China Author Martyanova Lyudmila Mikhailovna

Summer Palace Summer Palace, located in the suburbs of Beijing, is famous for the whole world primarily as a classic Chinese garden. The palace is divided into three parts: the territory for public affairs with the hall of mercy and longevity, the residential neighborhoods of the Empress with the halls

From the book Petersburg sightseeing. Excursion Recommendations Author Shishkov Sergey Ivanovich

Palace of Cantemirov. Memory of the Prut Camping Peter I Name of the object. Palace Kantemirov.Marshrut. Stay on the one-way side of the Million Street. Sustainment of the object. Make a stop opposite houses No. 7 and 9 along Millionna Street. Showing the show. Show

From the book Archeology in the footsteps of legends and myths Author Malichev Herman Dmitrievich

Not a palace, and Columbarium - that's what the Knos Palace in Crete the famous German archaeologist Henry Schliman, unconditionally trusted to the texts of Homer, did not simply opened the Troy and testimony of her siege. He became a two-chair of the new and glorious industry of history - search

From the book Secrets of St. Petersburg by Matsuh Leonid.

Chapter 3. The Stroganov Palace and the Palace of Bezborodko flashed, shouted the trochy light, drove the rays against the nights of the night. There is no obstacle to the sanctuary, eat truth, eyes! With the light of the three-way rays, know the ranks of the whole. F.P. Klyuhared by the gloomy february day 1782 graf

From the book Azov Fleet and Flotilla Author Kogan Vasily Grigorievich

300-year-old Anniversary historian A. N. Karpov and Head of the Naval Department TRTA Captain 2 rank V. G. Kogan prepared the book "Azov Fleet and Flootilla". In this book, materials are collected, known only to the small group of specialists. Storikov. Iena

From the book of myths and riddles of our story Author Malyshev Vladimir

88-year-old Sniper By the way, the fate of the forgotten now Morozov in general turned out to be extraordinary. He was the founder of the "People's Will", participated in the attempt on the king, made a bomb independently, but at the same time he was an outstanding scientist. Sitting in the fortress, frost wrote

From the legend of the legends of St. Petersburg gardens and parks Author Sindalovsky Naum Aleksandrovich

Summer Garden The breakdown of gardens and parks in St. Petersburg began almost simultaneously with the beginning of the construction of the city itself. So-called green architecture walked hand in hand with stone architecture. In 1704, due to the acute military and industrial necessity, the city

Summer Palace of Peter I in St. Petersburg. The historic building in the style of Petrovsky Baroque, the former imperial residence, built according to the project D. A. Trezini in 1710-1714. Currently, the building is part of the Russian Museum.

The Summer Palace of Peter I is one of the oldest buildings of St. Petersburg, he was built in 1714 and was preserved in his original form to the present day. The two-story palace was intended only for summer living, so there was thin walls and single window frames. The emperor first settled in an unfinished palace already in 1712 and in the summer lived there all the remaining years. It was the summer palace that gave the name of the summer garden.

The facade of the palace was decorated with bas-reliefs from the events of the Northern War of A. Singing, where Peter I itself is depicted in the image of the peers, and the four-tie roof is decorated with angular drains in the form of winged dragons. The roof itself was wasting a vane, indicating the direction and strength of the wind. The general view of the baroque palace is externally modest, the building has smooth proportions and an abundance of windows from all sides of the building. Interestingly, the building is strictly focused on the west and east, it was the embodiment of the idea of \u200b\u200bthe emperor, that Russia equally aims to both these parties.

The summer palace is quite small - it consists of only 14 rooms (7 on the floor). The poorness of the external forms was compensated by the wealth of internal decoration. The interiors were painted by Russian artists A. Zakharov, I. Zavarzin and F. Matveyev. From the most notable decorations inside the palace there are oak panels in the lower lobby, unique Dutch tiles, fireplaces with stucco bas-reliefs, picturesque plaffones. The decoration of the glorification of Russian military glory was widely used, many sculptural and artistic elements are devoted to this.

On the first floor there were rooms of Peter I, on the second - his wives and children. Also, the palace included rooms for receptions ("Assemblauses"), the office, a throne room and even a personal king carpet. One of the rooms of the palace occupied a mechanical lathe workshop, where the emperor loved not only to work personally, but also to accept the impandations of nobles.

In Petrovskoy time, there was a small harbor - Havanets, which later fell asleep after the flood. She allowed to swim to the entrance to the palace right on the boat. Also the surrounding palace water was used for the sewage device.

After Peter's death, the Palace was used for a long time as a summer residence for dignitaries and courtiers, the Supreme Secret Council began here, but the reigning parties themselves did not live in the palace. It is precisely this that the palace owes its conservation - Elizabeth built himself a new summer residence, and no one began to rebuild the Petrovsky Palace.

In 1925, the palace moved to the Russian Museum, and since 1934 he became a full-fledged museum exposition dedicated to Peter I.

The Summer Palace of Peter I is included in the Unified State Register of Cultural Heritage Objects (historical and cultural monuments) of Russia.

Tourist note:

A visit to the Summer Palace of Peter I will be interested in tourists interested in the architecture of the early XVIII century, everyone who wants to see the expositions located in the territory, and can also become one of the points of the excursion program during the acquaintance with neighboring attractions -

The Summer Palace of Peter I in St. Petersburg is located in the summer garden, which was laid in the first years of the founding of the city. Summer Garden with the Summer Palace of Peter I is currently under the jurisdiction of the State Russian Museum.

With the beginning of construction, the construction of residential buildings began on the left bank of the Neva Admiralty. The sector of the Neva between the Unnamed Erik (Fontanka) and the River Mya (washing) Peter I chose for his summer residence.
At first, Peter I lived in a wooden house built in 1903 and quite unlike the royal residence. It was this building that saw in 1710-1711 by the author of the "Description of St. Petersburg and Kronschlot": "Next to the river," he writes, "the royal residence, that is, a small house in the garden of the Dutch facade, the Pestro painted with gilded window frames and lead ornaments ".
This house is Peter and called his "Summer Palace", and then this name by inheritance passed to a new building built in a stone, in which the royal family really lived in the summer.

After the washing was joined with a mild swan channel, a small island was formed. In the northern part of it in 1710-1714, the Summer Palace was built, which was one of the first stone palaces in St. Petersburg. The author of the project is the architect D. Trezini. Internal interiors are designed under the guidance of the German sculptor and architect Andreas Sonter. In the design of the rooms, Russian artists A. Zaharov, I. Zavarzin and F. Matsev participated.

According to legend, the king instructed to build a house so that the building symbolized the new policy of Russia. Then D. Trezini placed the building of the resolution so that six of his twelve windows looked east, and the other six - strictly to the west. "So our Russia is equally addressed to the West and East," the architect explained, and the king approved such an expression of his ideas.

The two-story brick building of the Summer Palace in the Baroque style with a four-tie iron roof is crowned with a copper weather vane in the form of George Victorious, striking in a spear of Zmia. In the corners of the roof - drainage in the form of winged dragons made of slit iron.
The entrance of the palace is framed by a black marble portal over which - a bas-relief depicting Minerva with military trophies. The main decoration of the facades of the Palace of Peter I are 28 bas-reliefs performed in a rare technique of manual mascakes located within the framework of the windows of the first and second floors. The theme of images is the glorification of the sea forces of Russia. Perhaps the sketches of these compositions were proposed by the German sculptor and architect by A. Shluter, who took advantage of the engravings of European masters depicting seedies.

The topic of triumph in the decoration of the facade of the palace allows him to consider it the first monument to Russia's victories in the Northern War. The scenes presented on the bas-reliefs - mythological, but the sense concluded in them is cut off from the context of the myths and becomes understandable only due to the main events in the life of Russia and Peter I - the fight against Sweden for entering the sea. The plots of bas-reliefs are undoubtedly chosen by the sovereign, and it is not by chance that some of them coincide with the plots of ship thread ("Triumph Neptune and Amphitrite", "Perseus, winning Medusa", "Amours on dolphins", "Amours on hippocampacles"). The interpretation of these allegories can be found in the printed descriptions of the triumphal gates, erected on the occasion of victories over the Swedes, where Neptune and Amphitrite are the personification of the marine glory of Russia and the symbol of its growth, in the images of ancient deities and heroes (Mars, Hercules, Perseya) Petr himself seems to be The opponent of the king is the Savy Power, referred to as "Hydro, Chimera, Snake Proghtra."

Palace is small (which commensurate to the tastes of Peter I): 26.5 x 15.5 m; The height of two floors is 8.1 m; Height to the ridge of the roof - 13.3 m; The height of the rooms is 3.3 m. The planning of both floors is the same. In the first floor there were orders of the king, in the second - his wives of Catherine and children.

The palace was intended only for living in the warm season (from May to October), so there are thin walls and single frames. There are only 14 rooms in the palace, two cooks, two inner corridors. The location of the rooms is an anfladnic, and the office rooms are communicated with the inner corridor, which saved the servant from the need to appear in the front rooms. In the service corridor overlook: a) the dressing room (genuine pine wardrobes for clothing storage are preserved - they are attached to the walls with special forged hooks); b) Delbrotsky (1st floor); Freinine (2nd floor); c) cooks, toilets, furnace holes furnaces; d) a service spiral staircase, hidden behind an oak carved construction, resembling a wardrobe (made in accordance with the indication of Peter dated 2 May 1714). The outer door from the corridor went to the facade Nevsky Gallery.

The location of the Palace on the peninsula was used for the device in the flow and wash sewage. The idea of \u200b\u200barchitect J.B. Lebed, for that time - the last word of technology, was very fascinated by Peter. Under the foundation of the building, a sewer tunnel was laid, which joined the Neva with the Havanese, through which the water circulated. Through wooden boxes with the tunnel, 6 toilets of the palace were associated with the tunnel (the flow-wash sewage was operated only until 1777, since after the flood, the Havanets was covered).

According to the project Z.B. Leblon was equipped with a lower cook of the summer palace - the hearth, cutting tables, pantry and washing with running water appeared here. "What makes up great convenience and what you can only dream of," wrote Leblon - it is to have current water by spending pipes with water from the nearby source. " The water to the palace was served from the fountain system of the summer garden, the pumps were pumped into a lead tank in the attic, from where the pipes came to the cook.

The unique description of the interiors of the summer palace, left by an unknown author in 1720, was preserved: "... Palace, very beautifully removed by various Chinese upholstered. In three rooms there were velvet beds with a wide pose corresponding to the whole decoration. There were many mirrors, many decorations, floor marble . The rooms have a kitchen, the walls of which are covered with an upholstery, like rooms in other palaces. It had pumps, satisters, cabinets for silver and tin dishes. One of the rooms opposite was filled with turning and plumbing tools ... ".

In the Petrovsk Palace of Doors, Wall Panels, stairs are made of oak. The exceptions are two cabinets - green (on the 2nd floor) and Personal Cabinet Peter (on the 1st floor), where the doors and wall panels are separated by nuts (there is a room previously called turning researchers - Peter I turns were shown here, which are now stored in the State Hermitage). Related room with room - dining room and bedroom king. On the panel of the door leading to the bedroom - the image of Calvary (presumably, Peter I). The cabinet of the emperor and cooks are decorated with unique Dutch tiles, fireplaces - stucco bas-reliefs. Pictures of Cabinet (Master of Gzell) are picturesque.

The office has a unique wind appliance. In the carved frame, the thread of which is made on the theme of marine symbols, three disks are concluded with a scale: upper - clock with arrows (clock, minute and second), bottom discs - "wind decrees", connected to a flung on the roof of the palace. The device with "wind decimates" is a navigation device, which allows to determine the strength and direction of the wind in the Baltic region. He was ordered by Peter I Dresden Masters Dinglinger and Gerter in 1713. In 1714, the wind appliance was brought to St. Petersburg and installed on the spot chosen by Peter himself - in his office. Fluger in the form of a figure of George Victorious, mounted on the roof, leads to a movement mechanism of this device.

Well preserved decoration of a green cabinet in the upper floor. This is one of the first samples of the interior decoration in the spirit of the new French fashion brought to Russia by architect J.B.Blond, which assumed the decoration of walls with panels with decorative paintings, mirrors, asundes. In this office, in the wall cabinets, the doors of which are still glazed by the squares of the "lunar" glass of the beginning of the XVIII century, the objects of the first Petrovsk kunstkamera were placed.

After Peter I and Catherine I, in their house almost no one lived. At one time, the meetings of the Supreme Secret Council were held in it, and later imperial courtes come here.

The appearance of the palace for the three century has almost changed. This is explained by the fact that even during the lifetime of the emperor, at the Swan's groove, built new summer chambers. After the construction of the Greater Summer Palace Elizabeth Petrovna on the shore of the washing (on the site of the current Mikhailovsky Castle), the Old Palace of Peter I was abandoned. It saved him from alterations and retained his original appearance. In the same form, the green office, dining and premises, in which Catherine I. Freillans lived. Personal things of Peter and Catherine remained later, which became the main exhibits of the museum.
The fact that the palace has survived to this day without significant changes is confirmed by the historical plans of the summer garden of the first half of the XVIII century, and the fixing drawings of MG. Zemtsova 1727.

The Summer Palace is not only one of the first stone buildings of St. Petersburg, from which "the city began", but also a unique sample of his founder's architectural creativity, which reflected the identity of Peter I.

At the beginning of the XIX century, the summer palace served the cottages for the highest government officials. The museum history of the building begins in 1903, when the exhibition dedicated to Peter I was deployed to the 200th anniversary of St. Petersburg in his walls.

After 1917, the palace persisted as a historical and architectural monument. In 1934, a historical and artistic memorial museum was opened in the summer palace of Peter I. Currently, the exposition of the summer palace puts the personal belongings of Peter Great and Catherine I, as well as furniture, painting, cholera, glass and porcelain products of the Petrovskaya era.