Catherine the Great Palace photo copyrighted by: Galen R. Frysinger The Catherine Palace, covered with 32 kinds of marble inside and outside, was one of the most expensive constructions in the city. Peter the Great presented the palace's estate to his wife Catherine in 1710, and it served as the imperial
family's summer residence until the time of the last
Tsar in 1917.
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