
Congress Palace, also known as the Constantine Palace, was rebuilt from the ruins to the tercentenary of St. Petersburg. It was originally built as a royal residence, able to outshine the famous Versailles, however, have difficulties with the arrangement of fountains and Peter I did not wait for his building was zaversheniya.Posle to the Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich, from which it derives its name; with him the palace was greatly ennobled: overbuilt gazebo, there were bay windows and...