The State Hermitage Museum 2006

saint petersburg

was founded in 1703 by peter the first

built in the mouth of the naval river it

was supposed to bring russia closer to

the european style of life

to open up a window on europe

started the new shield as a fortress in

1712 during the northern war with sweden

saint petersburg acquired the status of

the capital all the modern tendencies

and achievements in architecture

founded swain creating the city's

buildings

peter invited europe's foremost

architects

the names of australia trazini korengi

manfarang

are the first to be mentioned among them

here in st petersburg

their talent was expressed to the full

their creations became an

integral part of russian culture within

the first 100 years of its foundation

saint petersburg had become one of the

most beautiful cities in europe

the city is famous for its palaces

museums

parks

and magnificent architectural ensembles

lord silva plushed the color square is

one of the most notable among them

the buildings which now shape it were

put up not by one architect and not at

the same time

they had been created by several

generations of architects for several

centuries

the general staff building was designed

by carla rossi

the building consists of two parts of

great length united into a single hole

by a monumental arch

the winds are connected with a triangle

arch which makes the compositional

center of the building

and opens their ceremonial entrance to

the palace square

the arch is decorated with a sculptural

composition the chariot of glory

on the 30th of august 1834 the

ceremonial opening of the alexander

column took place in the center of the

palace square

it was cut from a single block of

granite more than 600 tons of fruit

on the design of agus de montforan

the pedestal is decorated with balls

released representing allegorical amount

figures

the column is stopped with the finger of

an angel

the alexander khan is mostly

incorporated in the ensemble of vertova

plushie

it is a compositional scent of the

palace square a monument to russia's

victory over napoleon

the symbol of russia's trump and the war

of 1812

the name of the column is closely

connected with the name of the russian

tsar

alexander the first who was called the

victor of napoleon

here in the historical center of st

pittsburgh you'll find one of the oldest

and largest museums in the world

the state hermitage museum the

collection of the hermitage number over

three million items

magnificent works of art archaeological

findings

paintings sculptures numismatic

collections

the result of work of outstanding saint

petersburg architects

the state hermitage takes several

buildings located along the naval

embankment in the very center of the

city

the creations of different ebooks they

form a magnificent architectural

ensemble

the winter palace the eldest building of

the museum heritage ensemble

is the bright example of australia's

talent

australia said about his creation that

it was constructed

solely for the glory of russia as an

embodiment of russia's greatness and

power

brilliant decorations vigorous forms

give the building the splendor

appropriate for the official tsar

residence

the monumental building of the baroque

peter the great

irizaveta petrolna from 1754

to 1762 till february 1917

when the ruling dynasty of the romanus

was dethroned in the result of the

revolution

the palace was the official residence of

russian monarchs

in winter of 1837 the palace survived

the fire

later it was renewed more than once and

partially reconstructed

but still the general layout as well as

the facades of the palace

look much the same as they were designed

by australia

the palace changed its color several

times the smartness and holiday-like

appearance of the palace

is enhanced by juxtaposition of green

walls white columns

and golden lentils the facades of the

palace

are embellished with ties of columns

which the architects arranged

one above the other the tyre joining the

ground floor on the first floor

consists of the higher columns with more

decorated capitals

the roof of the building has the

balustrade of decorative stone

sculptures

and voices of intricate forms that

continue the vertical axis of the

columns

the first fingers of the 18th century

were made of limestone

they were vulnerable to the time and at

the end of the 19th century

the deliberated sculptures on the

pediments and parapets

were replaced by hollow ones made of

sheet bras

and filled for better balance with small

stones

this building fully reveals all

characteristic features of australia's

which is called the russian baroque

majestic stately forms

an abundance of decorative details and

irresistible

striving for brilliance luxury and

dominant notes

no facade is repeated the facade facing

the neighbor is calm and grinder

it magnificently repeats the line of the

embankment of slow majestic flow of the

river

wave like changing rhythm of the

colonnade doesn't break the wholeness

and the facade

its central part is completed with

spediments displaying the statues of

neptune

and heracles in the 19th century he was

created an entrance with a monumental

portugal

the western and eastern facades look

almost the same

so

the facade facing the palace square was

planned as ceremonial

its central part has a pediment with a

clock and a flagstaff

the national flag of the russian

federation flying above

the three arches with gates led into the

great inner courtyard

were used as a ceremonial entrance to

the residence

in the end of the 19th century the

wooden gates were replaced by iron ones

they were decorated with a double-headed

eagle go to arms of russian empire

and empress monogram

the porch facing the inner yard was the

front entrance to the palace

the grand staircase takes visitors to

the state rooms of the palace

now it's one of the few interiors of

building which can give you some idea of

original appearance of the palace

created by rastrali