Pavlovsk Palace

The Pavlovsk Palace in the city of Pavlovsk served as the residence of the widowed Empress Maria Feodorovna after the assassination of Paul I in 1801. The building features the Italian Hall with light lilac artificial marble, a marble floor, and an orchestra gallery under the dome, which Cameron was the first to use in Russian architecture, surrounding it with 64 Doric columns. The palace's Egyptian Vestibule was damaged in the fires of 1803 and 1944, and the state bedroom was created by Brenna based on a design by J. D. Dugour, opening it after restoration in 1967. The Pilaster Study was decorated according to Quarenghi's design in 1801, and after the fire, Voronikhin, a former serf, became the chief architect of Pavlovsk.