Palace Park

The Great Gatchina Palace (Russian: Большой Гатчинский дворец) is a palace in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was built from 1766 to 1781 by Antonio Rinaldi for Count Grigori Grigoryevich Orlov, who was a favourite of Catherine the Great, in Gatchina, a suburb of the royal capital Saint Petersburg.

The Birch Gate (Berezoviye Gate, Russian: Берёзовые ворота) is a stone gate located on the eastern border of the Palace Park in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The facility was built in the late 18th century by the famous architect Vincenzo Brenna and architectonics is unique among other palace and park facilities suburb of St.