- 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...
- Several “winter” palaces were built in the 18th century and the present one is the fifth of its kind. Two “winter” palaces were erected under Peter the Great.
- 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...Bulunamadı: i
- For 155 years the Winter Palace had been used as the main residence of the Russian royal family, starting with the Emperor Peter the 3rd and lasting until the...
- Initially, Peter I settled in a one-story house built in 1703 not far from the Peter and Paul Fortress. First Winter Palace - Wedding Chambers of Peter I.
- The Winter Palace of Peter I is home for the world known arts. ... A splendid lavish palace the city founder Peter the Great built as his winter residence.
- 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 was constructed in 1708 for Peter I . Three years later the small wooden building was replaced by a stone palace.
- (The palace is adjacent to the site of Peter the Great’s original Winter Palace, built in 1708, which is now the site of the Hermitage Theatre.)