NW Russia
Leningrad Oblast
Saint Petersburg

Summer Palace of Peter the Great

The Summer Palace of Peter the Great was built in Saint Petersburg between 1710 and 1714 in the northeast corner of the Summer Garden, located on an island formed by the Fontanka River, Moyka River, and the Swan Canal.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: palace in St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Also known as: “Summer Palace of Peter I”
  • Address: Дворцовая набережная 2А
  • Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood and Ivan Krylov.

Museum
Photo: AndreyWi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in , which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time. is situated 1 km southwest of Summer Palace of Peter the Great.

Memorial
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a memorial, which is situated 130 metres southwest of Summer Palace of Peter the Great.

Library
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , located in , is the oldest of Russia's three national public libraries. The NLR is currently ranked among the world's major libraries. is situated 1½ km south of Summer Palace of Peter the Great.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peter and Paul Fortress and Apraksin Dvor.

Neighborhood
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

Suburb
Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a borough in consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.

Summer Palace of Peter the Great

Latitude
59.94723° or 59° 56′ 50″ north
Longitude
30.33609° or 30° 20′ 10″ east
Levels
2
Open location code
9GFGW8WP+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 41230751
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­hipped
Wiki­data ID
Q637314
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Summer Palace of Peter the Great” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Somerpaleis”
  • Armenian: “Պետրոս I-ի ամառային պալատ”
  • Azerbaijani: “I Pyotrun Yay sarayı”
  • Bashkir: “Пётр Беренсенең Йәйге һарайы”
  • Belarusian: “Летні палац Пятра I”
  • Chinese: “彼得大帝夏宫”
  • Dutch: “Letniy dvorets Petra I”
  • Finnish: “Pietari Suuren kesäpalatsi”
  • French: “Palais d’été de Pierre le Grand”
  • French: “palais d’Été”
  • French: “Palais d’Été”
  • German: “Sommer-Palais Peters des Großen”
  • Italian: “Palazzo d’Estate di Pietro I”
  • Italian: “Palazzo d’Estate”
  • Polish: “Pałac Letni Piotra I”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio de Verão em São Petersburgo”
  • Russian: “Летний дворец Петра I”
  • Russian: “Летний дворец”
  • Serbian: “Летња палата Петра Великог”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Verano de Pedro I”
  • Swedish: “Peter den stores sommarpalats”
  • Turkish: “I. Petro Yaz Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Літній палац Петра I”

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