Millerhof, Private palace estate in Berezhki, Moscow Region, Russia
Millerhof is a palace complex built in 2008–09 on a site of over 30 hectares near Berezhki, on the shore of the Istra Reservoir. Its architecture and landscaping imitate the Grand Palace of Peterhof, with a canal and fountain cascades, and the grounds also include a building resembling the Admiralty in Saint Petersburg. According to landscape architect Ilya Motchalov, the design followed the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in Spain.
Built in 2008–09 near Berezhki on the Istra Reservoir, the palace was modeled on the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in Spain, according to landscape architect Ilya Motchalov, whose firm Bruns Park worked on its park. In 2009 newspapers linked it to Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, a claim Gazprom denied. In 2010 billionaire Ziyad Manasir, then principal shareholder of Stroygazconsulting, said his company owned the palace and that he lived there with his family.
The folk name Millerhof was coined by the press by analogy with Peterhof, after Gazprom head Alexei Miller, whom journalists linked to the estate. The palace itself copies Peterhof's Grand Palace with a canal and fountain cascades, and the grounds also hold a building modelled on Saint Petersburg's Admiralty. Landscape architect Ilya Motchalov of Bruns Park said the park was laid out after the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in Spain.
The property remains closed to visitors and cannot be accessed during any regular visiting hours. The location sits remote near the Istra Reservoir, offering privacy away from populated areas.
The palace was built to the design of the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso in Spain, according to Ilya Motchalov, vice president of the Russian Association of Landscape Architects, whose firm Bruns Park worked on the park. A photo taken from a private plane in June 2009 and posted online first brought the site to public attention.
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