Grand Palace (Peterhof)

The Grand Palace in Peterhof has a facade facing the sea that is 268 meters long, and the ceremonial entrance in the western wing allowed the architect Rastrelli to unfold an enfilade of halls along the building's axis. The interiors of the Chinese Cabinets were worked on by Antonio Perezinotti, the Belsky brothers, A. Trofimov, and other artists under the direction of Vallin de la Mothe. In the Palace's Boudoir, there is a porcelain statuette of Catherine the Great's Italian greyhound, Zemira, created in 1779 based on a model by J.-D. Rachette, and in the Chesme Hall, instead of the burned-out ceiling, there is a painting "The Sacrifice of Iphigenia" by Augustin Terwesten.