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The Winter Palace[1] is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the House of Romanov, previous emperors, from 1732 to 1917. The palace and its precincts now house the Hermitage Museum.
St. Petersburg's most famous building, the Winter Palace not only physically dominates Palace Square and the south embankment of the Neva River, but also plays a central political, symbolic, and cultural role in the three-century history of the city.
Winter Palace of Peter I. The construction of the First Winter Palace of Peter I began in the autumn of 1707 and was completed in the spring of 1709. It was a one-storey wooden house with a mezzanine, a triangular pediment and the tile roofing which consisted of six rooms.
Winter Palace of Peter I. It was long assumed that Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, built by Mattarnovi and Trezzini and completed in 1720, had been completely destroyed to make way for the Hermitage Theatre, erected on the orders of Catherine the Great in 1782-1785.
- 32, Dvortsovaya Naberezhnaya
- Nevskiy Prospekt
- Monday
- Daily from 10.30am to 5pm (to 4pm on Sundays)
Winter Palace, former royal residence of the Russian tsars in St. Petersburg, on the Neva River. Several different palaces were constructed in the 18th century, with the fourth and final version built in 1754–62 by Baroque architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli; it was restored following a fire.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Winter Palace can be described as the heart of St. Petersburg and the most recognizable building in the city. The city’s main square, Palace Square; the grand Palace Embankment on the River...
Jul 15, 2022 · The palace dominates Palace Square and the south embankment of the Neva River and plays a central political, symbolic and cultural role in Russia. (The palace is adjacent to the site of Peter the Great’s original Winter Palace, built in 1708, which is now the site of the Hermitage Theatre.)
