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Marble Palace (Мраморный дворец) is one of the first Neoclassical palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1]

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  1. 42 relations: Alexander Brullov, Alexander III of Russia, Antonio Rinaldi (architect), Capital (architecture), Catherine the Great, Dolomite (rock), Equestrian statue, Façade, Fedot Shubin, Festoon, Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg), Finland, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia, Granite, Grigory Orlov, House of Romanov, Karelia, Marble, Mikhail Kozlovsky, Naples, Neoclassical architecture, New Michael Palace, October Revolution, Palace, Palace Embankment, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Pilaster, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Royal Palace of Caserta, Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Soviet Union, Staircase, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Stefano Torelli, Tallinn, Trapezoid, Ural Mountains, Urn, Vladimir Lenin, Vosstaniya Square.

  2. Art museums and galleries in Saint Petersburg
  3. Culture in Saint Petersburg
  4. Government buildings in Russia
  5. Marble buildings
  6. Neoclassical palaces in Russia
  7. Palaces in Saint Petersburg
  8. Royal residences in Russia
  9. Russian Museum

Alexander Brullov

Alexander Pavlovich Brullov, sometimes Brulloff, Brulleau until 1822 (29 November 1798 – 9 January 1877) was a Russian artist associated with Russian Neoclassicism.

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Alexander III of Russia

Alexander III (r; 10 March 18451 November 1894) was Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894.

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Antonio Rinaldi (architect)

Antonio Rinaldi (Palermo, 25 August 1709 – Rome, 10 April 1794) was an Italian architect, trained by Luigi Vanvitelli, who worked mainly in Russia. Marble Palace and Antonio Rinaldi (architect) are Culture in Saint Petersburg.

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Capital (architecture)

In architecture, the capital or chapiter forms the topmost member of a column (or a pilaster).

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Catherine the Great

Catherine II (born Princess Sophie Augusta Frederica von Anhalt-Zerbst; 2 May 172917 November 1796), most commonly known as Catherine the Great, was the reigning empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.

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Dolomite (rock)

Dolomite (also known as dolomite rock, dolostone or dolomitic rock) is a sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO3)2.

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Equestrian statue

An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin eques, meaning 'knight', deriving from equus, meaning 'horse'.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Fedot Shubin

Fedot Ivanovich Shubin (May 28, 1740 – May 24, 1805) is widely regarded as the greatest sculptor of 18th-century Russia.

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Festoon

A festoon (from French feston, Italian festone, from a Late Latin festo, originally a festal garland, Latin festum, feast) is a wreath or garland hanging from two points, and in architecture typically a carved ornament depicting conventional arrangement of flowers, foliage or fruit bound together and suspended by ribbons.

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Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg)

The Field of Mars (r) is a large square in the centre of Saint Petersburg. Marble Palace and Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg) are Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia

Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia (Великий князь Константин Николаевич; 21 September 1827 – 25 January 1892) was the Emperor's Viceroy of Poland from 1862 to 1863 and a general admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.

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Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia

Konstantin Pavlovich (Константи́н Па́влович) was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I and Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Grigory Orlov

Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov (Григорий Григорьевич Орлов; 17 October 1734 – 24 April 1783) was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772), state and military figure, collector, patron of arts, and General-in-Chief.

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House of Romanov

The House of Romanov (also transliterated as Romanoff; Romanovy) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917.

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Karelia

Karelia (Karelian and Karjala; Kareliya, historically Коре́ла, Korela; Karelen) is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for Russia (including the Soviet era), Finland, and Sweden.

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Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have crystallized under the influence of heat and pressure.

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Mikhail Kozlovsky

Mikhail Ivanovich Kozlovsky (Russian: Михаил Иванович Козловский; 6 November 1753 – 30 September 1802) was a Russian Neoclassical sculptor active during the Age of Enlightenment.

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Naples

Naples (Napoli; Napule) is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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New Michael Palace

The New Michael Palace (Novo-Mikhailovsky Dvorets) was the third Saint Petersburg palace designed by Andrei Stackenschneider for Nicholas I's children. Marble Palace and New Michael Palace are Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg and palaces in Saint Petersburg.

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October Revolution

The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution (in Soviet historiography), October coup,, britannica.com Bolshevik coup, or Bolshevik revolution, was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923.

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Palace

A palace is a large residence, often serving as a royal residence or the home for a head of state or another high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop.

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Palace Embankment

The Palace Embankment or Palace Quay (Russian: Дворцовая набережная, Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya) is a street along the Neva River in Central Saint Petersburg which contains the complex of the Hermitage Museum buildings (including the Winter Palace), the Hermitage Theatre, the New Michael Palace, the Saltykov Mansion and the Summer Garden. Marble Palace and Palace Embankment are Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg.

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Paolo Troubetzkoy

Prince Paolo Petrovich Troubetzkoy (also known as Pavel or Paul; translit; Intra, Italy, 15 February 1866 — Pallanza, 12 February 1938) was an Italian sculptor of Russian origin who was described by George Bernard Shaw as "the most astonishing sculptor of modern times".

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Pilaster

In architecture, a pilaster is both a load-bearing section of thickened wall or column integrated into a wall, and a purely decorative element in classical architecture which gives the appearance of a supporting column and articulates an extent of wall.

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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Royal Palace of Caserta

The Royal Palace of Caserta (Reggia di Caserta; Reggia 'e Caserta) is a former royal residence in Caserta, Campania, 35km north of Naples in southern Italy, constructed by the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies as their main residence as kings of Naples.

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Russian Museum

The State Russian Museum (Государственный Русский музей), formerly known as the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on Arts Square in Saint Petersburg, is the world's largest depository of Russian fine art.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Staircase

A stairwell or stair room is a room in a building where a stair is located, and is used to connect walkways between floors so that one can move in height.

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Stanisław August Poniatowski

Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Stefano Torelli

Stefano Torelli (1712–1784) was an Italian painter.

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Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and most populous city of Estonia.

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Trapezoid

In geometry, a trapezoid in North American English, or trapezium in British English, is a quadrilateral that has one pair of parallel sides.

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Ural Mountains

The Ural Mountains (p), or simply the Urals, are a mountain range in Eurasia that runs north–south mostly through the Russian Federation, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the river Ural and northwestern Kazakhstan.

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Urn

An urn is a vase, often with a cover, with a typically narrowed neck above a rounded body and a footed pedestal.

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Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist.

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Vosstaniya Square

Vosstaniya Square (t), before 1918 Znamenskaya Square (5), is a major square in the Central Business District of Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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See also

Art museums and galleries in Saint Petersburg

Culture in Saint Petersburg

Government buildings in Russia

Marble buildings

Neoclassical palaces in Russia

Palaces in Saint Petersburg

Royal residences in Russia

Russian Museum

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Palace