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The Monument to Peter I ( Russian: памятник Петру I) is a bronze equestrian monument of Peter the Great in front of the St. Michael's Castle in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1716, Emperor Peter the Great commissioned the Italian sculptor Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli to design an equestrian statue in commemoration of the Russian ...
Sculptor (s):Etienne Maurice Falconet. (1716 –1791) was a French baroque, rococo and neoclassical sculptor, best-known for this equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Description: Catherine the Great initiated an impressive monument to the founder of St Petersburg as a tribute to her predecessor and to stress her own position as Russian monarch.
The statue of Peter the Great in the Peter and Paul Fortress was unveiled on June 7, 1991. The monument is a sculpture of Peter I, sitting on the throne. It has tiny head and massive torso and it's hard to believe that this statue offers a true representation of Peter the Great, the founder of the Peter and Paul Fortress and of St. Petersburg.
Russia, Europe. St Petersburg. The most famous statue of Peter the Great was immortalised as the Bronze Horseman in the epic poem by Alexander Pushkin. With his horse (representing Russia) rearing above the snake of treason, Peter’s enormous statue was sculpted over 12 years for Catherine the Great by Frenchman Etienne Falconet.
The founding of St. Petersburg by Peter the Great. by Alexander von Kotzebue. Peter the Great founded the Admiralty, which until the beginning of the nineteenth century was in use as a shipyard and where Tsar Peter personally participated in the design and construction of ships for the Baltic Fleet. On the site of the former shipyard now stands ...
Statue of Peter the Great. Petropavlovskaya krepost 3 , Petrogradsky (+7) 812 230 64 31 more than a year ago. share post a comment. A very unexpected and controversial statue lies in the heart of the fortress compound, which was created by Mikhail Shemyakin. The bronze statue sits atop the throne of the Tsar and was put in place in 1991 and ...
Apr 17, 2018 · In this gigantic statue, Peter the Great stands proudly atop a tower of ships, clutching a golden scroll in his hand. He looks like a poised, triumphant ruler ready to conquer the seas. But ...
