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• Winter Palace — Located between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, the current Winter Palace or Zimniy Dvorets ( ru. Зимний дворец) in Saint Petersburg, Russia was built between 1755 and 1762 [ King, page 168.] as the winter residence of the Russian… …   Wikipedia

• Winter Palace (disambiguation) — Winter Palace may refer to:* Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, the winter residence of the Russian tsars and now part of the State Hermitage Museum * Winter Palace (Mongolia), former residence of the Bogd Khan, Ulan Bator * Winter Palace… …   Wikipedia

• Winter Palace — /ˈwɪntə ˌpæləs/ (say wintuh .paluhs) noun a palace in St Petersburg, Russia, the main residence of the Russian imperial family from 1762 to 1917; now houses the Hermitage Museum …  

• Old Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor — Winter Palace Hotel Winter Palace Hotel …   Wikipedia

• Neva Enfilade of the Winter Palace — The Winter Palace s Neva facade. The enfilade is at the centre on the first floor The Neva Enfilade of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg is a series of three large halls arranged in an enfilade along the palace s massive facade facing the River… …   Wikipedia

• Military Gallery of the Winter Palace — The Military Gallery of the Winter Palace, painted by Grigory Chernetsov, 1827 The Military Gallery (Russian: Военная галерея) is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals… …   Wikipedia

• Malachite Room of the Winter Palace — The Malachite Room, the Winter Palace, St Petersburg Location of the Malachi …   Wikipedia

• Jordan Staircase of the Winter Palace — The principal or Jordan Staircase of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg is so called because on the Feast of the Epiphany the Tsar descended this imperial staircase in state for the ceremony of the Blessing of the Waters of the Neva River, a… …   Wikipedia

• Sofitel Winter Palace Luxor — (Луксор,Египет) Категория отеля: 5 звездочный отель Адрес: Corniche El N …   Каталог отелей

• Gardens of the Winter Palace — The gardens of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, are little known as the great imperial palace of the Romanovs was never intended to have gardens. As the Tsar s principal residence, situated in the capital it was very much intended as a symbol of …   Wikipedia