This beautiful, golden-domed building is the Catherine Palace. It is named after Russia's Catherine I, wife of Tsar Peter the Great. It is located in Tsarskoe Selo, near St. Petersburg. Construction of the building began in 1717 as a modest, two-story building. Beginning in 1743, the palace was completely remodeled and expanded at the direction of Empress Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine and Peter. Construction was completed in 1756. Russia's tsars used the palace as their summer residence.
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