• Plan of the ice house St. Petersburg (1740). Wedding of the Court Jester in the Ice House (Wedding at the House of Ice ; Valery Jacobi, 1878).
  • It was 1740 and one of the coldest winters St. Petersburg, Russia, had ever seen. But few residents mentioned the bitter winter in letters or accounts.
  • The ice palace, a copy of a famous ice house of the Empress Anna Ioanovna created in 1740, was built in Palace Square in St. Petersburg and opened on...
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  • On the both sides of the Ice House two pyramids were built. Inside them was a hollow space where the servants hanged big lanterns.
  • 4. Ice Palace of Anna Ioannovna - St. Petersburg, city. BBC 63.3 (2) 512-7 An electronic copy source: PB The place where the original was stored: Vladimir OUNB.
  • St-Petersburg. ... The painting The Ice House occupies a special place among them, and depicts one of the strangest episodes in the life of the imperial court.
  • St. Petersburg card, travel documents for public transport. Instructions. Step 1. There are several ways to get to the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg.
  • Situated in the heart of St. Petersburg, Russia, the Ice Palace stands as a testament to the city’s enduring love affair with ice hockey.
  • It was made of ice blocks joined with water and designed a la Baroque (the house was 17.1 meters long, 5.3 meters wide and 6.4 meters high).
  • Russia St Petersburg Architecture Building Ice House. ... An Authentic and Circumstantial Description of the Ice House Built in St Petersburg in January 1740.
  • Ice Palace was built along two years from 1998 to 2000, specifically for Ice Hockey World Championships in St. Petersburg in 2000.
  • It was in the cold winter of 1739–1740, in St. Petersburg, when Russian Empress Anna Ivanovna gave an order to build a palace made of ice in St. Petersburg.