Soap Room and Bathhouse of Monplaisir

The Bathhouse Building in Peterhof was constructed by architect Eduard Lvovich Gan in 1865–1866 on the site of a relocated wing and was intended for water therapy for Maria Alexandrovna. In its Coffee Room, tea, coffee, and hot chocolate were prepared, and now a collection of antique samovars is displayed there, while the Guest Chambers exhibit Peter the Great's "Points on Peterhof." According to journal entries, Peter I took medicines made of crushed worms and woodlice here, and also underwent bloodletting. The wooden bathhouse of 1748, adjacent to the building, was dismantled and reassembled in the Upper Garden near the Comedy, where it stood as a relic until the end of the 18th century.