Cottage Palace in Peterhof

The Cottage Palace in Alexandria Park of Peterhof was built by order of Nicholas I in 1826 on the site of the ruins of the Menshikov estate. After the restoration, completed in 1978 under the guidance of architect Irina Nikolaevna Benois, the building was opened to visitors as a historical and art museum in 1979. Its interiors house paintings by I. K. Aivazovsky, O. A. Kiprensky, S. F. Shchedrin, and other masters, while the first floor contains the Dining Room, the Office of Alexandra Feodorovna, the Large Drawing Room, the Library, and reception rooms. It was this building that played the role of Milverton's mansion in Igor Maslennikov's film "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson."