| We invite You to visit the Yusupov Palace. The history of the palace and surrounding estate dates back to the epoch of Peter the Great, who founded St. Petersburg as his brave new Russian capital. It took the palace nearly 200 years to acquire its present shape thanks to the work of the best architectural talents of the time: J.-B. Vallain de la Motte, A.A. Mikhailov 2nd, B. Simone, H. Monigetti, W. Kennel, A. Stepanov, A, Vaitens, and A. Beloborodov. Five generations of Russia's elite aristocratic dynasty, the Yusupovs, owned the palace between 1830 and 1917.
The palace's magnificent interior decorations, restored through the hard work of St. Petersburg's best restoration artists, welcome Russian and foreign lovers of history, art, music and theater. Details... |