Google to launch virtual tour around Peterhof
Google has recently addressed The State Peterhof Museum Reserve near St. Petersburg with a proposal to launch a virtual tour around the palace and park ensemble. The Peterhof Museum plans to accept the offer.
"Google has asked us if they can take footage of Peterhof and Oranienbaum. And we will not refuse. We are now in talks with [Google]," the General Director of the museum complex, Elena Kalnitskaya, told Interfax news agency.
The official website of the State Peterhof Museum Reserve already has a section allowing setting on a virtual tour around several museum halls and even watch the Grand Cascade fountain online.
Peterhof`s administration also plans to install web-cameras in another branch of the museum complex, the Oranienbaum palace and park, a unique architectural ensemble of the 18th-early 20th centuries that managed to survive World War II in its original state.
Peterhof, the brainchild of Peter I the Great, was meant to challenge the best European royal residences on the one hand and become the immortal monument to Russia`s exit to the Baltic Sea on the other. Peterhof was planned to become the greatest and the richest of the Emperor`s residences. And it did become one. Founded at the beginning of the 18th century, it was already open by 1723. By that time two palaces, Monplaisir and Marly, were already built along with the Lower Park and the Sea Canal. Today Peterhof has the biggest fountain system in the world. It includes over 170 fountains and cascades.
Google offers the users a wide spectrum of panoramic views of various cities of the world. The Google Street View project that made it possible to observe the beauties of the furthest corners of the world from your home computer is a part of the Google Maps service.
In February this year Google also launched a scale museum project. It allows one to visit 17 of the world`s major museums, including Russia`s State Hermitage and the Tretyakov Gallery, online 24/7.
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