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-643
Author: Serguei Fomine
© Serguei Formine/Russian Look
Aerial photo size: 16.6 Mpixels (47.5 MB uncompressed) - 4992x3328 pixels (16.6x11.1 in / 42.3x28.2 cm at 300 ppi)
Aerial photo keywords: aerial, aerial view, aerials, architectural, architecture, Europe, gardens, historic center, land, landscape, landscaping, Leningrad Oblast, oblique, old town, park, perspective, petergof, Peterhof, Russia, russian federation, structures, urban landscape
Published in: Peterhof