The Dutch Admiralty is the name applied to three

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designed in the traditional Dutch style and erected in summer 1773 on the bank of the Large Pond in the

Catherine Park The Catherine Park (russian: Екатерининский парк) is the large landscaped area to the south of the Catherine Palace, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 25 km south-east of St. Petersburg, Russia. The park has t ...

Tsarskoe Selo Tsarskoye Selo ( rus, Ца́рское Село́, p=ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo, a=Ru_Tsarskoye_Selo.ogg, "Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the cen ...

(a former royal residence, now town of Pushkin, a suburb of

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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). The pavilions are flanked by two towers in the Russian Gothic style. The central pavilion formerly housed the

Globe of Gottorf The Globe of Gottorf is a 17th-century, large, walk-in globe of the Earth and the celestial sphere. It measures 3.1 meters in diameter. Conceived and constructed at Gottorf Castle near Schleswig, it was later transferred to the Kunstkamera museum ...

, a collection of 166 English landscape engravings and an assortment of rare rowboats, which were destroyed during

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External links

* {{Commonscat-inline, Admiralty (Tsarskoe Selo)
Admiralty on eng.tzar.ru
Buildings and structures in Pushkin Folly buildings in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg