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Persons / Braunstein Johann Friedrich architect
1718 - 1724

The stone house of Catherine I, "including six rooms with fourteen windows", was built by the architect I.F. Braunstein and a fruit garden with greenhouses and a hothouse were laid by gardeners J. Roozen and I. Vogt
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

Baroque

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Catherine Palace (Town of Pushkin)

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Grand Cascade (Peterhof)

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Lower Park (Petrodvorets)

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Mon Plaisir Palace (Peterhof)

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Munnich B. K. (1683-1767), Engineer, Governor General 1728-34

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Peterhof, palace and park ensemble

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