- Interior was sumptuously decorated

- Exterior was modestly plain

- Architect: Scor Charles Cameron

   : He built her a gallery addition to the palace at Tsarskoe Selo in the

     shape of a greek temple for the display of her collection of antique busts

- Several additions to the royal palace were built in Tsarskoe Selo.

- One of these new wings served as the living quarters for Catherine the Great.

- The lovely park which surrounds the palaces still shows the stamp of Catherine's

   lively and luxurious court.