• Built by Peter the Great and glorified by Catherine II, the historic Winter Palace came to inspire decadent art, but also, the class resentment that would change...
  • View of the Winter Palace of Peter I.’ was created in 1716 by Alexey Zubov in Baroque style.
  • Opening of the Winter Palace of Peter I in the 20th century. Premises and interiors. Opening hours and ticket prices. Where is the palace and how to get there.
  • ...Peter’s descendants to reconstruct the [predecessor residences on the site – the first Imperial residence on the site of the Winter Palace was a wooden house...
  • After Peter II died, the Duchess of Courland and niece to Peter I, Anna Ivanovna, inherited the throne. She re-instated the Imperial Court in the Winter Palace...
  • A splendid lavish palace the city founder Peter the Great built as his winter residence. It sits on the central Palace Square just by the Neva river shining in its...
  • Several “winterpalaces were built in the 18th century and the present one is the fifth of its kind. Two “winterpalaces were erected under Peter the Great.
  • The first Imperial residence on the site of the Winter Palace was a wooden house in the Dutch style built in 1708 for Peter the Great and his family.
  • The Winter Palace contains 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,057 rooms, and 117 staircases. More than 4,000 masons, plasterers, modelers, and painters...
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  • The first Winter Palace, designed in 1711 for Peter the Great, by Domenico Trezzini who, 16 years later, was to design the third Winter Palace.
  • Total area of the Winter Palace is 14.2 hectares. Situated between Palace Embankment and Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original...
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  • Peter the Great’s aspirations for the Winter Palace were not to rival Versailles in size or splendor—that honor would fall to the Peterhof Palace—but to build a...
  • The first Winter Palace, designed in 1711 for Peter the Great, by Domenico Trezzini who, 16 years later, was to design the third Winter Palace.