- What makes this palace simultaneously so majestic, yet so terrifying and weird? Unfreeze these 42 chilling facts about the secrets of Russia’s Winter Palace.
- The Winter Palace was built in 1732, and continual improvements and revisions were made during the 18th and 19th century.
- Currently, St Petersburg Winter Palace constitutes a part of the architectural complex of one of the largest museums in the world – the State Hermitage museum.
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- The Winter Palace is one of the most outstanding monuments of architecture, located in Saint Petersburg.
- Third floor plan of the fourth and final Winter Palace comissioned by Empress Elizabeth who ordered court architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli to demolish...
- The last Tsar to dwell at the Winter Palace was Alexander II. The palace was too big to be adequately protected after his murder in 1881, which made this evident.
- In 1917, when the monarchy was overthrown in Russia, and the power came to the Provisional Government, the Winter Palace became its the residence.
- The Winter Palace and the General Staff on Palace Square form a beautiful architectural ensemble – one of the main tourist sites of the city.
- Nonetheless, the artistic city is still and will always be the country’s cultural capital thanks to its iconic landmarks like the Winter Palace and the State Hermitage...