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Petergof
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Petergof (), known as Petrodvorets () from 1944 to 1997, is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland.
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Petergof is a city in Russia, situated within the Petrodvortsovy District. It serves as the administrative capital of this district and has been twinned with Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. The city was established in 1711, with its earliest written record dating to 1705. Its official names are Петродворец and Петергоф.
The area of Petergof is 48.3 square kilometers, and its population is 73,199. It lies at an elevation of 21 meters and is located in the UTC+03:00 time zone. The city has received the Order of the Badge of Honour. Postal codes for the area include 198510, 198516, and 198517, while the local dialing code is 812.
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Place details
- Locality
- Петергоф
- Region
- Санкт-Петербург
- Country
- Россия
- Population
- 61,973
- Timezone
- Europe/Moscow
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Russian city.en_name
- Petergof
- Russian city.ru_name
- Петергоф
- Russian city.image_skyline
- Stariy Peterhof panorama.JPG
- Russian city.image_caption
- Modern residential boroughs of Petergof at night
- Russian city.image_map
- File:Spb_petrodvortsovy.svg
- Russian city.map_caption
- Location of Petrodvortsovy District in Saint Petersburg
- Russian city.map_label_position
- right
- Russian city.image_flag
- Flag of Petergof (St Petersburg).png
- Russian city.flag_caption
- Flag
- Russian city.image_coa
- Petergof_city_coa.png
- Russian city.federal_subject
- Saint Petersburg
- Russian city.inhabloc_cat
- Municipal town
- Russian city.area_km2
- 48.30
- Russian city.pop_2010census
- 73199
- Russian city.postal_codes
- 198510, 198516, 198517
- Russian city.dialing_codes
- +7 812
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Peter the Great
- Official name
- Петергоф
- Country
- Tsardom of Russia
- Population
- 80701
- Area
- 48.3
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Official website
- mo-petergof.spb.ru
- Image
- Grand Cascade of Peterhof 01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 812
Show 14 more facts
- twinned administrative body
- Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- Commons category
- Peterhof
- postal code
- 198517
- inception
- 1711-01-01
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Petergof
- category for people born here
- Q8067981
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Petergof
- topic's main category
- Category:Petergof
- Commons gallery
- Peterhof
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- time of earliest written record
- 1705-00-00
- Commons Institution page
- Peterhof
- P8168
- Jamie Moses
- native label
- Петерго́ф
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Travel guide
Understand
Peterhof is a Dutch and German word meaning "Peter's Court". The emperor Peter was fascinated by the West and took on many of its customs in his court, switched to the Julian calendar, and so on. Western European influence is abound in the Peterhof, called the Russian Versailles. Peter played an active role in the layout and design of the Peterhof ensemble that he started in 1714, although it continued to be developed after his death.
In 1721 Peter the Great founded next to his palace the Peterhof Fabric that later became the "Petrodvorets Watch Factory - Raketa" producing since 1962 the famous Russian watches under the brand "Raketa" in honor of Yuri Gagarin.
Get in
Visitors on a tour package are likely to have Peterhof on their itinerary. There are several methods also to visit Peterhof independently.
Get around
Walking is the practical way to get around Peterhof.
There is a gas station in Novy Peterhof (near the old watch factory, which called Petrodvortsovy Chasovoi Zavod).
See
The Peterhof historic ensemble offers the visitor a suburban atmosphere with plenty of parks, gardens, fountains, and palaces to see.
Do
Walk up and down the street to Saint Petersburg and see the palace, gardens, and fountains for which Peterhof is known.
Buy
A "Russian Watch": most "Russian Watches" sold in tourist shops in Russia are fake and most probably made in China. So use the opportunity to be in the city of the Famous Russian Watch Factory "Raketa", to buy a real one. The souvenir shop of the palace sells real ones.
Eat
Двойка, Санкт-Петербургский проспект, д. 49/9, +7 812 450 6093. A small cafe and bar with a strange name (dvoika, which is a fairly low mark in Russian schools). Menu has English, but some of the translations are strange. Dvoika is on the road to Saint Petersburg. The word "dvoika" implies a not-so-sharp person, someone who scored "2" in lots of classes. In this case, the word "dvoika" comes from the Soviet time, when all shops in every city had their unique numbers. Cafe Dvoika is located on the premises of the old groceries store no.2, that is where the name comes from.
Drink
Most, likely all, kiosks along your way and near the bus stops offer alcoholic drinks.
Sleep
There are a few hotels in Peterhof. Saint Petersburg, however, has plenty.
Connect
There is a free Wifi access point "Obit" around the palace.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Palaces, fountains, and gardens
- St. Petersburg State University
- Petrodvorets Watch Factory
- Telegraph Station
- Transportation
- Local government
- Sister cities
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Petergof (), known as Petrodvorets () from 1944 to 1997, is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland.
The town hosts one of two campuses of Saint Petersburg State University and the Petrodvorets Watch Factory, one of the leading Russian watch manufactures. A series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great and sometimes called the "Russian Versailles", is also situated there. The palace-ensemble along with the city center is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. thumb|225px|upright|Peterhof Palace: the Samson Fountain and Sea Channel
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Petergof” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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