Facts About Kadriorg Palace
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The house today is the result of a drastic renovation ordered by Nicholas I of Russia in 1827.
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Kadriorg Palace is a Petrine Baroque palace built for Catherine I of Russia by Peter the Great in Tallinn, Estonia. Both the Estonian and the German name for the palace means “Catherine’s valley”.
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The palace currently houses the Kadriorg Art Museum, a branch of the Art Museum of Estonia, displaying foreign art from the 16th to 20th centuries.
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Kadriorg Palace was built after the Great Northern War for Nicola Michetti’s designs by Gaetano Chiaveri and Mikhail Zemtsov.
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The palace was named Kadriorg (Katharinenthal in German) in honour of his wife Catherine I.
