Peterhof (Petergof, originally Peterhof, Dutch and German for "Peter's Court") is a series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes called the "Russian Versailles". It is located ab. 20 km west and 6 km south of St. Petersburg, overlooking the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea, now - Petrodvorets.
Aerial photo ID: RL-663
Author: Serguei Fomine
© Serguei Formine/Russian Look
Aerial photo size: 24.9 Mpixels (71.2 MB uncompressed) - 4096x6072 pixels (13.7x20.2 in / 34.7x51.4 cm at 300 ppi)
Aerial photo keywords: aerial, aerial view, aerials, Europe, historic center, land, Leningrad Oblast, oblique, old town, perspective, petergof, Peterhof, Russia, russian federation, urban landscape