A quick tour of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo), which lies just outside St. Petersburg, has a marvelous ensemble of palaces and parks. It is particularly famous for its impressive baroque Catherine Palace, where Empress Catherine the Great lived and died. See gorgeous buildings, lakes, and the famous Amber Room.

The palace was designed by the Italian architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the creator of the Winter Palace and Smolny Cathedral. Most of the interiors date back to the time of Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great. Catherine the Great chose to live in a separate wing of the palace, and even at the age of 60 she quite happily walked the length of the palace to reach the building's private church every day.

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