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Chesme Palace

Russia · 18th century

Founded
1774
Style
Russian pseudo-gothic
Architect
Yury Felten
Heritage status
federal cultural heritage site in Russia
Location
Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg
Coordinates
59.85738°, 30.32773°
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Chesme Palace in Russia
Photo: Tura8 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Chesme Palace is an imperial travelling palace located in Saint Petersburg. It was built to a design by the architect Yuri Felten, commissioned by Empress Catherine II, in the Neo-Gothic style. It is an architectural monument. Together with the Chesme Church it once formed a unique ensemble facing the former Tsarskoye Selo road (now Moskovsky Prospekt). It is named in honour of the Russian fleet's victory over the Turkish fleet at the Battle of Chesma in 1770.

Machine-translated from “Чесменский дворец” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Chesme Palace ranks #3,157 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #81 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Founded 1774, it is older than 14% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,265 times in the last 60 days, more than 72% of the atlas. 34 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Saint Petersburg, 10 km away. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.

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