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Kadriorg Park and Palace

  • May 20, 2009
  • Rated 4 of 5 by NiceGinna from Evanston, Illinois
Kadriorg Park and Palace

There was a Hop on Hop off bus right at the dock area for about $17 each. This proved to be a very handy way to get a view of the city.

We first took the bus out to Kariorg Park to visit the Palace, built as a summer residence by the Russian Emperor Peter the Great in 1718 and named for Catherine I, his wife. We passed the very pleasant Park and Swan Pond with its picturesque gazebo in the middle and walked up to the Palace, which is now a fine arts museum, although there is not a lot of art to see. It was mostly the building itself that we were interested in.The main hall, with a painted ceiling and beautiful ornamentation, is an exquisite example of Baroque architecture. There are display cases with interesting porcelain and ceramic items of the time.

From there we could walk to the sea where we could again pick up the Hop on Hop off bus to continue with the tour of the city.

Then we walked a bit in the gardens and then through the park to the sea

From journal Cruise to the Baltic States and St. Petersburg

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Kadriorg Palace

  • July 29, 2006
  • Rated 4 of 5 by mightywease from Carshalton, United Kingdom
Kadriorg Palace

Built by Peter the Great for his wife Catherine, provides an opulent backdrop to much of Estonia’s Foreign Art Collection.

The palace was designed by an Italian architect Nicolo Michetti and it was intended that it would serve as a Summer residence for Tsar Peter I and his family. Externally the palace is an impressive building with its rose petal pink and cream facade, columns and oval windows. Internally the main hall has an exuberant ceiling painting, baroque fireplaces and stucco work. It is very easy to imagine lavish receptions and parties being held there, the participants spilling out onto the balcony and into the park beyond.

Also striking is also a small marquetry room -a 20th century addition, I think, when the palace was residence to the Estonian Head of State - with a frieze of wooden inlay depicting views of Tallinn.

Non-flash photography is allowed inside the palace.

The galleries contain paintings, prints and sculpture by mainly Flemish, Dutch and Russians artists of the 16th -19th century and include works by Breughel the Younger and Cranach. There are some excellent portraits by Anton Graff and an interesting room dedicated to 19th century views of Tallinn. As the information plaques explained these were produced almost as equivalents to today’s postcards, souvenirs for the more well-heeled visitor.

Also impressive are the Russian realist pictures - such as "A Soldier’s Tale" by Ilja Repin and Ivor Shisnkin's "The Pine Forest" - which have a very earthy, tactile feel to them.

There was also a small but interesting temporary exhibition about copies of Masterpieces - not fakes but copies made, again, as a kind of souvenir or as a tribute to the original artist or practice for an apprentice painter.

Information plaques, in Estonian and English, are found in each room and the exhibits themselves are well labelled.

The Palace is open 10.00am-5.00pm closed Mondays May-September and both Monday and Tuesday October-April.

Take Tram No. 3 to Kadriog then it is a short - and rather pleasant walk

From journal Tallinn - Warm Heart in Cold Weather

Kadriorg Park

  • May 25, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by aliante1981 from Dubna, Russia
It is a very pretty place just two kilometers east of the Old Town of Tallinn, and I would highly recommend to anyone a walk there, especially if the sun is high (yes, it can be pretty hot there, too!).
The Park and another attraction almost hidden in it - Kadriorg Palace - where designed by Nicolo Michetti, who was hired by the first Russian Emperor - Peter the Great - soon after Russia conquered Estonia in the Northern War with Sweden in the beginning of 18th century.
Now you can not visit some rooms in the interior of the palace as it became official residence of Estonian President (which usually tells us a lot anout the quality of the place we are about to visit, does it not? I mean, these guys with power usually choose well), but the grounds are public dominion still. Oterh rooms are accesible as part of the Estonian Foreign Art Museum. Last time I've been there I paid some 25 Estonian Kroon (1 USD buys you approximately 120 Estonian Kroons) - well worth the experience.
Getting there:
Take tram number 1 or 3 till you get to the last stop, or bus #1 if you are starting from Parnu maantee.

From journal Take a break in Tallinn

Kadriorg (Park)

  • October 10, 2001
  • Rated 4 of 5 by barcodex from Tallinn, Estonia
Kadriorg (Park)

This is a park built by Russian tsar Peter the Great (the same guy who found St. Petersburg in Russia) for his wife Jekaterina (Katariina, or Kadri in Estonian, hence the name). Very green, quiet area close to the sea coast, it has a pound with swans, old trees, a museum of the tsar himself, and a royal palace, which is now renovated and serves as a museum of classical arts.

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