Summer Palace of Peter the Great

 In Russian, it is called "Petro Dvoretz" and means "Pyotr's Palace." It is called the "Summer Palace" because it was created mainly for summer. It was in 1714 that a summer palace began to be built in this area, about 30 km southwest of St. Pecheburg, facing the Gulf of Finland. Parks and palaces have been built using the terrains that rise in the shape of stairs in the Gulf of Finland, and it is the most luxurious palace among the summer villas of the Russian emperor. On the site with a total area of 1,000ha, there are 20 palace buildings, including 44 fountains, 7 small parks, Garosu-gil Road, and Daegu Palace. It is a palace built with the Palace of Versailles in mind by Peter the Great, and is also called "Versay of Russia." The park is divided into upper and lower parks. A park was built on the hill to make a fountain using a drop in water. The lower park, called the "Pearl of Art," has beautiful fountains, street trees, and small palaces, giving it a feeling of an outdoor sculpture exhibition.  The great guns flow down to the semicircular swimming pool, and in the center of the main camp are Samson Sang (Samson tearing the Lion's mouth) and the largest fountain in the lower park. It is said that the canal, which starts at this large fountain, connects St. Petersburg to the beach where ships arrive. The Grand Palace is a 300-meter-long two-story building that began to be built in 1714, and then continued to be expanded and renovated. It was designed by Rastorelli, destroyed by Germany during World War II, and restored to its original state by 1958.