- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- It seems that Peter soon tired of the first palace, for in 1721, the second version of the Winter Palace was built under the direction of architect Georg Mattarnovy.
- 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.
- history of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, as well as many other buildings in the city, begins during the reign of Tsar Peter I. In 1711, the king built a sort of...
- 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.
- What to see. Despite the frequent attacks including the Red Army attack in 1917, the Winter Palace has not lost its grandeur by any means.