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Pushkin is a historic estate originally given by Peter the Great to his wife Catherine as a rural getaway. Today, the main attraction is Tsarskoye Selo, a collection of historic palaces, churches and other buildings that make it a World Heritage Site. Highlights include the beautiful Alexander and Catherine Palaces. The town itself was founded in the early 1700s and was the home of the first railroad service in Russia, which still connects it to the capital.
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1. Feodorovskiy Gosudarev Cathedral
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5.0 based on 64 reviews
2. Duty Stables
3. Catherine Palace and Park
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4.5 based on 8,614 reviews
Filled with 18th-century paintings and ornate rooms, this white and gold palace is surrounded by a 1400-acre park complete with fountains, bridges, the Agate Pavilion bathhouse and the Great Pond. The Palace also has a famous Amber Room, stolen by Nazi troops during WWII, but now recreated by Russian craftsmen.
Reviewed By Margo7850p
The Catherine Palace is named after Catherine I, the wife of Peter the Great. Originally a modest two-storey building commissioned by Peter for Catherine in 1717, the Catherine Palace owes its awesome grandeur to their daughter, Empress Elizabeth, who chose Tsarskoye Selo as her chief summer residence. Starting in 1743, the building was reconstructed by four different architects. The building was to be built to compete with Versailles. The resultant palace, completed in 1756, is nearly 1km in circumference, with elaborately decorated blue-and-white facades featuring gilded atlantes. The interiors of the Catherine Palace are no less spectacular. Another place worth seeing. A beautiful palace and park complex.
4. Pushkin Memorial Dacha Museum
5. Memorial Lyceum Museum
6. Tsarskoye Selo State Museum Preserve
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4.5 based on 1,224 reviews
Reviewed By 148dmitryf - Lake Placid, United States
If you in St. Petersburg, please visit Tsarskoe selo home of Romanov dynasty during summer time. I can't even describe how much Russian Empire history is inside that place. You need to visit to appreciate. D
7. Nikolaevskaya Tsarskoselskaya Gimnasium
8. Tsarskoselskaya Amber Workshop
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4.5 based on 66 reviews
Tsarskoselskaya amber workshop is located a few minutes' walk away from the Catherine palace in Pushkin, St.Petersburg. It is the very plcae where the famous Amber Room was reconstructed. Till this day the Amber workshop is actively involved in restoration of the Catherine palace and has a wonderful team of 100 professional restorers.
Reviewed By greattripsrw
Very informative visit where we learned the attributes of amber and were able to handle samples of amber. There are pieces of amber work in process for viewing up close and artisans working on premise. The process is clearly explained and we gained an understanding of the intricate work that goes into the pieces that have such delicate carvings. Since we visited the Amber Workshop first, we had a better appreciation of the workmanship that is represented in various sections of the large scale Palace Amber Room restoration so that we could look for them specifically once we were in the room. This knowledge helped us enjoy the Amber Room even more since we gained all that knowledge first hand and up close. Although the Palace Amber Room restoration is complete, the workshop continues on with other commissions. If your schedule allows the Amber workshop is worth a 30 minute add on to a visit to Catherine's Palace.
9. Claustrophobia
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New generation of quests in a real life, "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." and "Twin Peaks"! Welcome to the new quests in room escape genre. One of them is based on the storyline of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. computer game, second one is based on the script of cult Twin Peaks series. Play rooms are located in Pushkin town, Oranzhereynaya st., 15 A, second floor
