{"id":8964,"date":"2010-08-11T23:30:21","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T06:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/8964"},"modified":"2010-08-11T23:30:21","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T06:30:21","slug":"the-upper-gardens-at-peterhof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/8964","title":{"rendered":"The Upper Gardens at Peterhof"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peterhof, sometimes called the Russian Versailles, was Peter the Great&#8217;s palace in the suburbs of St. Petersburg, Russia. Although construction of Peterhof began under Peter the Great, the grand palace was completed by his daughter Elizabeth. It is a popular Russian tourist attraction, primarily because of the spectacular fountains on the grounds, although the upper gardens consist mainly of formal plantings of trees, shrubs, and flowers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Peterhof-Upper-Garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8984\" title=\"Peterhof Chapel\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Peterhof-Upper-Garden-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Peterhof Chapel\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Peterhof Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SOURCE: Peterhof Chapel (St. Petersburg, Russia), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Peterhof-Palace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8978\" title=\"Peterhof Grand Palace\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Peterhof-Palace-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Peterhof Grand Palace\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Peterhof Grand Palace<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SOURCE: Peterhof\u00c2\u00a0Grand Palace\u00c2\u00a0(St. Petersburg, Russia), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Peterhof-Pavilion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8979\" title=\"Peterhof Pavilion\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Peterhof-Pavilion-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Peterhof Pavilion\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Peterhof Pavilion<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SOURCE: Peterhof\u00c2\u00a0Pavilion (St. Petersburg, Russia), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Peterhof-Neptune.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8980\" title=\"Neptune Fountain\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Peterhof-Neptune-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Neptune Fountain\" width=\"491\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Neptune Fountain<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">SOURCE: Neptune Fountain (St. Petersburg, Russia), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 02 Aug 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2010 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peterhof, sometimes called the Russian Versailles, was Peter the Great&#8217;s palace in the suburbs of St. Petersburg, Russia. 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