Sobstvennaya Dacha

The two-story stone palace of the Private Dacha in Peterhof, located at 84a Sobstvenny Prospekt, was built in 1844–1850 by the design of architect A. I. Stackenschneider on the order of Elizabeth in memory of her father. The garden of the estate stretched to the Oranienbaum Highway and ended at the sea itself, and the avenue itself received its name from this estate in 1852. In the office of Alexander II in the palace were paintings by Jacob van Loo and Antoine Watteau, and the tea Sèvres service was decorated with images of famous mistresses of French kings. The Sergievka Park borders the territory of the dacha, and the famous oak, split by lightning but still green, was captured by I. I. Shishkin in the painting "Oak in the Park of Old Peterhof."