Editing Petergof (section)

==Palaces, fountains, and gardens==

Petergof is named after the [[Peterhof Grand Palace]], a sixteen-meter-high [[Cliff|bluff]] lying less than a hundred meters from the shore. The so-called Lower Gardens (''Nizhny Sad''), at {{convert|1.02|km2|sqmi|sp=us}} comprising the better part of the palace complex land area, are confined between this bluff and the shore, stretching east and west for roughly {{convert|200|m|ft|sp=us}}. The majority of Peterhof's fountains are contained here, as are several small palaces and outbuildings. East of the Lower Gardens lies the Alexandria Park with 19th-century [[Gothic Revival]] structures such as the [[Gothic Chapel in Peterhof|Gothic Chapel]].

Atop the bluff, near the middle of the Lower Gardens, stands the Grand Palace (''Bolshoy Dvorets''). To the south of it are the comparatively small Upper Gardens (''Verkhny Sad''). Upon the bluff's face below the Palace is the Grand Cascade (''Bolshoy Kaskad''). This and the Grand Palace are the centerpiece of the entire complex. At its foot begins the Sea Channel (''Morskoy Kanal''), one of the most extensive waterworks of the [[Baroque]] period, which bisects the Lower Gardens.
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File:Peterhof summer.jpg|Grand Peterhof Palace and the Grand Cascade
File:Коттедж 2007 05.jpg|"Cottage" built in 1829 in Alexandria Park in Peterhof was a summer residence of Russian Emperor [[Nicholas I of Russia|Nicholas I]]
File:Gothic Chapel, Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky in Alexandria Park, Peterhof.jpg|Church of Saint [[Alexander Nevsky]], a [[Gothic Chapel (Peterhof)|gothic chapel]] built by [[Karl Friedrich Schinkel]], in Alexandria Park, Peterhof
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