Kadriorg Palace

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Kadriorg Palace
Kadrioru loss
Kadriorg Palace in Tallinn
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General information
Architectural stylePetrine Baroque
Town or cityTallinn
CountryEstonia
Construction started1718
Completed1725
ClientPeter the Great
Design and construction
Architect(s)Nicola Michetti
Gaetano Chiaveri
Mikhail Zemtsov

Kadriorg Palace (

Kumu branch of the museum, showing Estonian art from the 18th century onwards is located nearby in the Kadriorg Park.[2]

Construction

Stucco decoration with Catherine's initials in the great hall of the palace

After the successful

1710 siege of Reval (Tallinn) during the Great Northern War, Czar Peter the Great of Russia bought a small manor house at Laksberg (Lasnamäe) for his wife Catherine. Plans for a larger palace in the area were developed soon afterwards and construction of a new palace, in what is now Kadriorg, was started on 25 July 1718. The construction of the main building of the palace was completed by 1725. Peter the Great and Catherine visited the unfinished residence on several occasions, but after his death in 1725 Catherine showed no interest in the seaside property. The great hall with Catherine's initials and profuse stucco
decor (attributed to Heinrich von Bergen) survives, while many other interiors have been altered.

The gardener Ilya Surmin was responsible for the flower garden with two fountains and the so-called mirage garden on several levels. The layout of the park shares similarities with that of the palace of Peter the Great in Strelna.[3]

Restoration

Ceiling fresco in the great hall

After the death of Peter the Great, the palace received little attention from the Russian royal family. It was sporadically visited, by the Empress Elisabeth and Catherine the Great. In 1828-1830 extensive restoration works of the palace and grounds took place. Between 1741 and 1917, the palace also housed the civilian governor of the Governorate of Estonia.[4]

After Estonia became an independent country in 1918, the palace became state property. For a time, one of the wings housed the studio of sculptor

Danzig-baroque" style, completed by architect Olev Siinmaa in 1939 is worth mentioning.[5] A purpose-built presidential palace on the grounds (1938) was designed by Alar Kotli
.

In 1921, the palace became the main site for the

section of the museum devoted to Estonian art
.

The restored palace was reopened in the summer of 2000, but it no longer serves as the main building of the museum, but as a branch displaying the museum's collection of foreign art.

Mikhail Clodt,[citation needed] and Ilya Repin
("Soldier's Tale").

Gallery

  • The front façade during sunset
    The front façade during sunset
  • The rear façade
    The rear façade
  • From the interior
    From the interior
  • The palace in winter
    The palace in winter
  • The palace grounds
    The palace grounds
  • Poseidon fountains in the garden
    Poseidon fountains in the garden

See also

References

  1. ^ "Art Museum of Estonia". Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Kadriorg". Tallinn in your pocket.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7112-2430-8
    . Page 74.
  4. ^ a b c "Palace and Its Story". Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. ISBN 9781841623207
    .
  6. ^ "About the museum". Art Museum of Estonia. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2010-05-31.

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