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-659
Author: Serguei Fomine
© Serguei Formine/Russian Look
Aerial photo size: 13.6 Mpixels (38.9 MB uncompressed) - 4900x2777 pixels (16.3x9.3 in / 41.5x23.5 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