Kadriorg Palace

Kadriorg Palace (Estonian: Kadrioru loss, German: Schloss Katharinental) is an 18th-century Petrine Baroque palace in Kadriorg, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Both the Estonian and the German names for the palace mean "Catherine's valley". It was built in 1718–1725 to Nicola Michetti's designs by Gaetano Chiaveri and Mikhail Zemtsov. The palace currently houses the Kadriorg Art Museum, a branch of the Art Museum of Estonia, displaying foreign art from the 16th to 20th centuries. The building of the Kumu branch of the museum, showing Estonian art from the 18th century onwards, is located nearby in the Kadriorg Park.

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Kadriorg Palace ranks #329 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #1 of the 30 mapped in Estonia. Founded 1718, it is older than 21% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 525 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 10,794 times in the last 60 days, more than 93% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tallinn, 3 km away. See how Estonia compares in the castle statistics.

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