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Tauride Palace. Coordinates: 59°56′52″N 30°22′33″E. Facade of Tauride Palace in 2016. Tauride Palace (Russian: Таврический дворец, romanized: Tavrichesky dvorets) is one of the largest and most historically important palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Grand Kremlin Palace, commissioned 1838 by Czar Nicholas I, constructed 1839–1849, today the official residence of the President of Russia. On visiting Moscow for his coronation festivities, Tsar Nicholas I was not satisfied with the Grand Palace (alias Winter Palace), which had been erected in the 1750s to the design of Francesco Rastrelli.
Princely arms of Grigory Potemkin. Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski[ c ] (October 11 [ O.S. September 30] 1739 [ nb 1 ] – October 16 [ O.S. October 5] 1791) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman, and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with ...
The finishing school was established by Empress Maria Feodorovna in 1798 and initially housed in front of the Tauride Palace. Later Alexander I of Russia granted the Institute some lands on the Fontanka Embankment, where in 1804—1807 Giacomo Quarenghi constructed the marvellous palace in Neoclassical style.
The Grand Kremlin Palace (‹See Tfd› Russian: Большой Кремлёвский дворец, romanized:Bolshoy Kremlyovskiy dvorets) [ 1 ] is a building in the Moscow Kremlin. For much of the 19th century, it served as the official residence of the Russian emperor in Moscow. Designed by a team of architects under the management of ...
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. The floor area is 233,345 square metres (it has been calculated that the palace contains 1,886 doors, 1,945 windows, 1,500 rooms ...
Original. Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia was designed by Ivan Starov for Prince Grigory Potemkin and constructed from 1783 to 1789. It later housed the first Imperial State Duma (1906–1917) and the post-revolution provisional government. Two views offered: aerial of the entire palace and grounds, and street level of the main entrance.
Oranienbaum, Russia. Oranienbaum (‹See Tfd› Russian: Ораниенба́ум) is a Russian royal residence, located on the Gulf of Finland west of St. Petersburg. The Palace ensemble and the city centre are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.