Belvedere (Peterhof)

The Belvedere in Peterhof is a building whose first floor, serving as a base for the colonnade, is pierced by tall windows, and whose facade is plastered with alternating narrow and wide rustication. On the sides of the Grand Hall were the offices of the Empress and the Emperor, the lady-in-waiting's room, and the footmen's room, while inside there were also a vestibule with a ceremonial staircase, a spiral staircase, and an elevator. Erected with the participation of architect Shtakenshneider and featuring paintings completed by E. Lange in 1856, after 1917 the palace became a holiday home, and in 2023 the new tenant was to prepare technical inventory documents. In front of the building, a garden with a rectangular-radial layout, laid out in the 1840s, has been preserved.