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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Catherine said last September that she had completed chemotherapy for her cancer and her goal was to remain cancer free. But Kensington Palace, where she and William have their offices ...

Catherine, 42, had a planned abdominal surgery last month and stayed in a London hospital for nearly two weeks before leaving to recuperate at home in Windsor. Kensington Palace said from the ...

For Catherine the Great, jewelry was about much more than ... she dedicated an entire room in St. Petersburg’s Winter Palace, named the Brilliant Room, to storing and displaying her jewels ...