In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned a building for his wife, Catherine, who succeeded him after his death, but her namesake palace only began taking on its grand stature in 1743, when their ...

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection. The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace, which was the ...

she dedicated an entire room in St. Petersburg's Winter Palace, named the Brilliant Room, to storing and displaying her jewels and other treasures. Read on to find out where Catherine the Great's ...

There has been "no change" to Kensington Palace's policy for releasing the details of Princess Catherine's outfits. Picture: Dominic Lipinski - WPA Pool / Getty Images The Palace often releases ...