Charles Cameron (architect)
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Charles Cameron was a Scottish architect who made an illustrious career at the court of Catherine II of Russia.
Oil-painting signed by R. Hunter, Dublin, 1773, previously in the Townshend collection, Raynham Hall
Aminov Portrait, c. 1809
Dr Archibald Cameron of Lochiel (1707–1753)
Cameron's draft for the dining room in Catherine Palace
Battle of the Palaces
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The "Battle of the Palaces" occurred in the Russian Empire in the last decade of the reign of Catherine II and the reign of Paul I, with ripple effects extending into the beginning of the reign of Ale
Charles Cameron (architect)
…to Catherine's death in 1796. Cameron concentrated exclusively on country palaces and landscape gardens. Twice dismissed by Paul of Russia during the Battle of the Palaces, Cameron enjoyed a brief revival of his career under Alexander I in 1803–1805. All his indisputable tangible works "can be encompassed in a day's tour…
Cameron's Gallery (1784–1787) in Tsarskoye Selo, is an example of Catherine's taste in architecture in the last decade of her reign.
The main palace of Tsaritsyno Park - Matvey Kazakov's core reconstructed during 2005–2007.
Bip Fortress (Paul's folly) in Pavlovsk
Military Parade of Emperor Paul in front of Saint Michael's Castle by Alexandre Benois. Note scaffolding around the unfinished castle.