Peterhof, a palace of the emperor of Russia, on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, 18 miles W. of St Petersburg, was built by Peter the Great in 1711, contains a fine collection of paintings, and is surrounded by beautiful parks and gardens laid out on the model of those at Versailles, with cascades, terraces, and summer-houses. The town of Peterhof has 14,298 inhabitants.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 92
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