The Golden Enfilade

The compositional centre of the palace and park ensemble is the Great Tsarskoye Selo or Catherine Palace – a splendid example of the Russian Baroque style. Visitors are enraptured by the architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli's sumptuous 18th-century décor of the Great Hall and the Golden Enfilade of state rooms that includes the world-famous Amber Room now returned to life.

The Golden Enfilade, when referred to as a route within the palace tour, includes:

The Cavaliers’ Dining-Room
The White State Dining-Room
The Crimson and Green Pilaster Rooms
The Portrait Hall
The Amber Room
The Picture Hall
The Small White Dining-Room
The Chinese Drawing-Room of Alexander I
The Pantry
The Room before the Cast-Iron Staircase