Winter Palace site
The Winter Palace (English: Winter Palace), which is considered one of the greatest museums in the world in Russia, is located in the heart of Saint Petersburg (English: Saint Petersburg), where the palace consisting of six buildings that were assembled during 250 years is located on the Neva River (English : Neva River).
Description of Winter Palace
The outer structure of the palace consists of white columns surrounded by golden plaster of each, and they are built along two floors, where these columns end on the surface carrying statues representing sculpted figures of 176 statues, and Rastrelli gave in his design each facade of the palaces a special character. The East overlooks Millionnaya Street, which is filled with palaces of nobles, while the western facade overlooks an old, small rural mansion, while the northern facade overlooks the Neva River, and the southern facade overlooks a large grand square, looking at the interior of the A palace turned out to be composed of 460 rooms with rich landmarks.
History of the Winter Palace
The Winter Palace is the royal residence of the Russian Caesars. Many palaces were built for them during the eighteenth century. The first version of the Winter Palace was built in 1708 AD, where it was a small wooden palace built for Peter I, and after about three years the wooden building was replaced by another building Stone, and in the beginning of 1730 AD Empress Anna commissioned the architect Francisco Bartolomeo Rastrelli to construct a larger, more luxurious building, so that its construction could be completed after about five years; that is, in 1735 AD.
It is worth noting that the last version of the Winter Palace was created during the reign of Elizabeth, as it requested the renovation of the palace to become a Russian architectural masterpiece built in the Baroque style, so that it represents a picture of the rich wealth, and the absolute luxury, and indeed work began in the new palace in 1754 AD, and was completed From it in 1762 AD, knowing that more than 4,000 workers participated in its creation.
The new version of the palace was the royal base for Elizabeth, and then Peter III, until Queen Catherine II arrived in Saint Petersburg in 1763 AD to become the owner of the palace after her crowning queen in the capital, Moscow, but Rastrelli did not like it, due to her great admiration for the classic designs Al-Haditha instead of the old Baroque, so it ordered the amendment of the palace in its internal parts, and in 1837 AD the fire broke out in the internal building to burn and destroy, and then the extensive restoration work in it began to end after about 4 years, while the external part of it was repaired with a tracked line Rastrelli himself, knowing that the palace has been colored from the outside in different colors over the years, but the current form of it is represented in two colors: green, white, and it is worth noting that the palace became a museum after the Russian Revolution in 1917 AD, and the fall of Nicholas II, the Hermitage Museum of Art .
