Museum-Reserve Pavlovsk
Pavlovsk State Artistic and Architectural Palace and Park Museum-Reserve, Pavlovsk Palace
russia, Saint Petersburg
The Pavlovsk State Artistic and Architectural Palace and Park Museum-Reserve is a palace and park ensemble of the late 18th - early 19th centuries located in the city of Pavlovsk, a modern suburb of St. Petersburg. The core of the palace and park complex is the Pavlovsk Palace, which was the summer palace of Paul I.
The palace is adjoined by a park with an area of about 600 hectares, on both banks of the Slavyanka River, which makes it one of the largest landscape parks in Europe. The palace and park were built over a period of about 50 years by three generations of architects and designers.
Pavlovsk Park is divided into the following areas: Big Star, Valley of the Slavyanka River, Central (Palace District), Staraya Sylvia, New Sylvia, White Birch, Front Field.