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Oranienbaum (Russian: Ораниенба́ум) is a Russian royal residence, located on the Gulf of Finland west of St. Petersburg. The Palace ensemble and the city centre are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Still commonly known by its post-war name of Lomonosov, the estate at Oranienbaum is the oldest of the Imperial Palaces around St. Petersburg, and also the only one not to be captured by Nazi forces during the Great Patriotic War.
The exquisite Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum, Russia, is one of the few imperial monuments in suburban Saint Petersburg that survived the 872-day siege of Leningrad (September 1941 to January 1944) with relatively little damage. Oranienbaum was established in the early 18th century by Peter the Great’s close associate Alexander Menshikov and ...
Lomonosov (Russian: Ломоно́сов; before 1948: Oranienbaum, Ораниенба́ум) is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, 40 kilometers (25 mi) west of Saint Petersburg proper.
Essential visitor information for the Imperial estate at Oranienbaum, near the St. Petersburg suburb of Lomonosov. Find details of transport links, travel tips, and much more for Oranienbaum, Saint Petersburg.
- 50, Dvortsovy Prospekt, Lomonosov (town)
- +7 (812) 450-5287
The park at Oranienbaum is a beautiful landscape garden at the Lomonosov estate. Visitor's guide to Oranienbaum Park and other visitor attractions at Oranienbaum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Still commonly known by its post-war name of Lomonosov, the estate at Oranienbaum is the oldest of the Imperial Palaces around St. Petersburg and one of the most opulent examples of Petrine architecture to have survived to the present.
