Priory Palace
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Priory Palace ({{langx|ru|Приоратский дворец}}) is an original palace in the formerly royal town of Gatchina, Leningrad oblast, Northwest Russia, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. It was built in 1799 by the architect Nikolay Lvov on the shore of the Black Lake (Chyornoye ozero / Чёрное озеро). Constructed for the Russian Grand Priory of the Order of St John, it was presented to the Order by a decree of Paul I of Russia dated August 23, 1799.
Features
The Priory is the only surviving architectural monument in Russia built mainly by the technology of earthwork: layers of compacted loam are poured with lime mortar. The walls of the palace, the fence, and the court buildings were built using this technology.{{Cite book|last=Ki︠u︡chariant︠s︡|first=D. A.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50503644|title=Gatchina : khudozhestvennye pami︠a︡tniki|date=2001|publisher=Lenizdat|others=Abram Grigorʹevich Raskin|isbn=5-289-02007-1|location=Sankt-Peterburg|oclc=50503644}} The retaining wall is made of the famous Pudost stone, with which many of Gatchina's buildings were built.{{Cite book|last=Makarov|first=V. K.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191258144|title=Gatchina|date=2005|publisher=Izd-vo S. Khodova|others=A. N. Petrov|isbn=5-98456-018-6|edition=2-e izd., ispr. i dop|location=Sankt-Peterburg|oclc=191258144}}
The researchers note the precision of the layout of the Priory, the original composition, and the characteristic refusal of symmetry.
References
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External links
- [http://gatchinapalace.ru/en/ Gatchina Palace and Museum] - official site including Priory Palace
- [http://www.gatchina.org/priorat/eindex.htm Priory] - history, interiors, legends etc.
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Category:buildings and structures in Gatchina
Category:historic house museums in Russia
Category:museums in Leningrad Oblast
Category:rammed earth buildings and structures
Category:Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Leningrad Oblast
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