📰 Priory Palace

Russia · Europe · 59.56°N, 30.12°E

Priory Palace 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.

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Country	Russia
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	59.56°N, 30.12°E · view on map

Priory Palace is located in Russia, in Europe.

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