Talk:Peterhof Palace

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Peterhof and Peterhof Palace

I started to split and sort out what in the Article was to much about the Palaces and Gardens, and I mooved it to Peterhof Palace article. to keep in the article Peterhof a more balanced overview of the City Peterhof, since this article should not be about the city but about the palaces hosted in the city. Of course the Palaces should be mentionned in the article the city Peterhof, but the detailed description and history of the palaces should be written in the article Peterhof Palace --Sosoev (talk) 14:15, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

we have no copyright problems in this article

This is originally a wiki article then copied by a web site... we have no copyright problems on this article, since I transfered text that was under {{peterhof]] the city to Peterhof Palace, 2 different articles... if the content was copied by another site from the wiki peterhof article it does not mean this site has the rights on this article.... please do not delete this article, it is already quite a work to improove and sort out these 2 articles that are mixed up peterhof and peterhof palace]]--Sosoev (talk) 14:17, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

History

This sentence: "In the few months that elapsed between the outbreak of war in the west and the appearance of the German Army, employees were only able to save a portion of the treasures of the palaces and fountains." doesn't make sense. There were two years between the outbreak of the war in the west and the appearance of the German army at Peterhof. If instead it means "outbreak of the war in the east", then that would make the sentence sensible. 78.86.165.101 (talk) 13:27, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

West and east aren't absolute, but relative terms. The relevant war was the one between soviet Russia and nazi Germany. This one started in the west of Peterhof and the east of Germany. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.201.74.47 (talk) 20:50, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

Dutch or German?

This article says that the name is German, but Peter the Great says it's Dutch. Which one is it? Given that Peter himself had a lot of contact with the Dutch, that seems more likely, but still. CodeCat (talk) 02:11, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

From my understanding, Dutch would be Pieterhof.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:02, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Both forms of the name exist in Dutch. But the emperor is called Peter de Grote, not Pieter. CodeCat (talk) 13:54, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Then I am afraid we just can not say.--Ymblanter (talk) 13:56, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

It is Dutch, Peter the Great was a known neerlandophile/belgophile. Peter and Pieter were used interchangably during the Early Modern Period, and to some extent still are: Saint Peters square for example is Sint-Pietersplein in Dutch. Vlaemink (talk) 10:32, 22 February 2020 (UTC)

Middle Low German which was the language spoken in the northern parts of Germany at the time and Dutch were very closely related. In fact, they were part of the same dialect continuum so a differentiation in this context doesn't make too much sense anyway. 2A04:6EC0:20F:CE20:8D38:F29B:E2EE:77A0 (talk) 08:40, 3 September 2023 (UTC)

St. Petersburg

As far as I understand, Petergof is a town on its own merit. Do we have to follow it with St. Petersburg then? EauZenCashHaveIt (I'm All Ears) 15:59, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

The town of Petergof is administratively a part of the city of Saint Petersburg.--Ymblanter (talk) 16:01, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Image from this article to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:RUS-2016-Aerial-SPB-Peterhof Palace.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on 30 December 2018. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2018-12-30. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks  — Amakuru (talk) 10:00, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. I made some edits, I think we are ok now, and not ashamed to show the article on the main page.--Ymblanter (talk) 10:31, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Picture of the day

The Peterhof Palace is a series of palaces and gardens located in the Russian town of Petergof, part of the federal city of Saint Petersburg. The site was commissioned by Peter the Great in 1709 for country habitation, but in 1717 he decided to expand the property as a result of his visit to the Palace of Versailles. The original architect of the buildings was Domenico Trezzini, and the style he used became the foundation for the Petrine Baroque style favored throughout Saint Petersburg. Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond was chosen to design the gardens, likely due to his previous collaborations with Versailles landscaper André Le Nôtre. Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli completed an expansion from 1747 to 1756 for Elizabeth of Russia. Together with other sites in the Saint Petersburg area, the complex is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Photograph: Godot13