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| Emblem of Peterhof |
This postcard shows the
complex of fountains in the Upper Gardens.
Thursday, 27 February 2014
RU-2191541 SW CY-238 Peterhof, St. Petersburg, Russia
One of St. Petersburg's
most famous and popular visitor attractions, the palace and park at Peterhof (Петерго́ф
) (also known as Petrodvorets) are often referred to as "the Russian
Versaille".
The fountains of Peterhof
are one of Russia's most famous tourist attractions, drawing millions of
visitors every year. Fountains were intrinsic to Peter the Great's original
plans and subsequent generations competed with their predecessors to add
grander and ever more ingenious water features to the parkland surrounding the
Grand Palace.
This postcard was sent from the city of Novokuznetsk, Siberia from Sergey (6 Dec 2013) Postcrossing. The postcard with the emblem of Peterhof came from Elizaveta (4 Nov 2014) Swap-bot.
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Construction of parks, fountains and sculptures of the Upper garden, was finished in the 18th century, under the leadership of the Russian architect of the Italian origin Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli. He created the project of construction of gardens and cornerstone of Peterhof at the heart of which absolute symmetry.
ReplyDeleteHi, it's Elizaveta from Swap-bot!
ReplyDeleteYour blogspot is cool! :)
I'll send you some other cards with the arms of the other suburbs of St. Petersburg - Tsarskoye Selo, Gatchina, Oranienbaum, and Pavlovsk:)
Thank you Sergey for the additional information of Peterhof.
ReplyDeleteThank you Elizaveta for your nice comment. I have sent you a separate message on the arms of the suburbs of St Petersburg.
separate message on swap-bot?
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