📍Razvodnaya St. 2, Peterhof, Saint Petersburg 198516, Russia
1714 – 1725“I had seen Versailles and knew Russia must have its equal. But Louis XIV's palace turned its back on the sea — mine would face it. I designed the Grand Cascade myself: water that falls from the upper palace to the Finnish Gulf, driven by natural gradient alone, without pumps. This was Russia declaring to Europe: we are no longer barbarians at your eastern margin. We are your equals.”
👍 LovedStanding at the upper terrace watching the fountains run to the sea — my two greatest achievements meeting
👎 DislikedThe unfinished quality of everything during my lifetime — the palace was never quite what I had envisioned
🗺️ Approximate location today
📷 Location image · via Wikimedia Commons
Sources: Wikipedia: Peter the Great