Russia · 18th century
The Grand (Menshikov) Palace is the first and largest architectural monument of the Oranienbaum palace-and-park ensemble in the city of Lomonosov. It was built to the order of Prince A. D. Menshikov in 1710–1725. Together with the Lower Garden, the Picture House, the Sea Canal and the Lower Houses, it forms the largest ensemble of Petrine Baroque, one that has preserved its compositional unity, completeness and stylistic integrity to this day.
Machine-translated from “Большой дворец (Ораниенбаум)” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grand Menshikov Palace in Oranienbaum (Russia) ranks #5,775 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #109 of the 146 mapped in Russia. Founded 1711, it is older than 21% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,775 times in the last 60 days, more than 66% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Saint Petersburg, 32 km away. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
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