Marley Palace

The elegant Marlin Palace is the compositional center of the entire Marlin Ensemble in the western part of the Lower Park of Peterhof. It is located on the lintel of two ponds - Marlin and Sectoral. The construction of the palace began in 1720, it was designed by architect I.F. Braunstein. The palace was named Marley, in honor of Peter I’s visit to the residence of Marly-le-Roy Louis XIV.

Initially, the palace was planned to be one-storey, but when the building was brought under the roof, Peter I ordered it to be built, and in 1723 the second floor was built. Many talented masters worked on the design of the palace: sculptors, stoneworkers, sculptors, parquet workers and so on.

There are only eight rooms on each floor of the palace. The interior of the palace is elegant and strict. More ceremonially decorated Oak and Chinarovy cabinets, valuable types of oak and chinara were used in their decoration. Also here you can see paintings by Western European artists of the XVII-XVIII centuries, furniture of the same period, personal belongings of Peter I, a small library is also stored in the palace.

During the Great Patriotic War, the palace was blown up by an enemy mine. In the postwar years, its restoration was carried out. As a museum, the palace was opened in 1982.