Catherinehof

Saint Petersburg, Russia · built 1711

Ekaterinhof or Catherinehof (́ < Katharinenhof "Catherine's Court") is a historic island park that began as an 18 century empress's estate in the south-west of St Petersburg, Russia. Its name originated in 1711, when Peter the Great presented the Island and adjacent lands along the eponymous Ekateringofka River to his wife Catherine (Catherine I of Russia), whose name they memorialize.

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