- 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.
- 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.
- The first Winter Palace was constructed in 1708 for Peter I . Three years later the small wooden building was replaced by a stone palace.
- 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 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
- 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...
- Has anyone visited this palace free and easy without joining tours? ... The Winter Palace of Peter the Great yakınlarında yapılacak şeyler.