Петергоф - Peter the Great's Palace
suburbs of St. Petersburg
Peter the Great, is deemed to be the greatest Tsar of Russia.
he brought western ideas, practices, traditions and culture into Russia to modernise Russia. he was the first Tsar who moved out of Kremlin and built his palace here. the reason historians gave, was that he had bad memories of Kremlin and couldn't wait to get out of Moscow. St. Petersburg was chosen as the new capital because he felt Russia needed access to the water ways to boost its economy.
hope this little piece of extra history makes the following photos more interesting (:
*pardon my horrid looking face, that spoilt all the photos what i was in, because i was suffering from serious indigestion that day and was feeling totally upset. and the rain doesn't makes things any better.
here over looks the centre garden
if you take a boat from here, you will reach the Gulf of Finland.
the fountains you see here,
they are not electronically operated.
they are the original fountains that operate
due to the land shape and water pressure that results.
everything that looks Gold here,
is plated with REAL Gold!
my face totally spoils the beautiful photo ):
the lower garden.
Gulf of Finland!
