How many treasures and curiosities are hidden in the Winter Palace, one of the four major museums in the world?
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When in Saint Petersburg, be sure to take a stroll down Nevsky Prospect, stop and go leisurely in the sun, and feel the romantic sediment of this city.
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The Winter Palace Museum in Saint Petersburg, also known as the Hermitage Museum. It is one of the four major museums in the world, along with the Louvre in Paris, the British Museum in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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⏰Opening hours
Every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday (10:00-18:00)
Every Wednesday, Friday (10:30-21:00)
Closed on Mondays, don't miss it!
🎫Ticket price
700 rubles/person (free for Russian international student card)
🚖Transportation
The subway is not very convenient, it is recommended to take a taxi directly, usually use Ytaxi in Russia, the taxi price is similar to the first-tier cities in China
🛂Security check
Note: Water, thick coats, and large bags cannot be brought in!
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The museum is divided into 8⃣️ parts, with a total collection of 2⃣️7⃣️0⃣️ million items, including prehistoric culture and Egyptian art collections, as well as a large number of Italian, Spanish, German, British, Russian, Belgian, Dutch and French oil paintings and sculptures. Among them are 15,000 paintings, 12,000 sculptures, 600,000 line drawings, 1 million coins and badges, 224,000 pieces of ancient furniture, porcelain, gold and silver products, gems and ivory crafts, etc.
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Before entering, it is strongly recommended to rent an interpreter for 450 rubles, otherwise you really can't understand anything, the interpreter is quite useful, you can learn a lot about famous paintings and the stories behind each exhibition hall, basically it takes about 5 hours to visit carefully, it's worth the trip.
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🏺Must-see places during the visit:
🔹Jordan Staircase: Foreign envoys and imperial dignitaries will pass here to reach the interior of the palace when visiting the Tsarina;
🔹Peacock Clock: Every feather is very real, and the peacock's tail will open at a fixed time, halls 176-187;
🔹 Leonardo da Vinci's two 'Madonna': A must-see authentic work of da Vinci!!! The kind and warm Madonna gazes at the Holy Infant, hall 214;
🔹 Raphael's Gallery 'Madonna Maria' 'Holy Family', hall 229;
🔹 Rembrandt's 'The Prodigal Son' 'Danae', hall 254.
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The Winter Palace can be said to be the ceiling of Russian museums. After visiting here, you will find other places dull. Believe me, you can skip other places in Petersburg, but you must go to the Winter Palace!
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It’s a stunning baroque masterpiece, once home to Russian tsars and now part of the Hermitage Museum. It’s grand architecture, lavish interiors and world-class art collection make it a must see for history and art lovers.
20240825 AM: 1. The Winter Palace is a Baroque-style ancient building in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia. It is one of the four largest museums in the world. It was built in 1754 and is located on the banks of the Neva River. It was designed by architect Rastrelli and rebuilt in 1838 after a fire. It was originally the bedroom of many tsars and later became the private museum of Russian Empress Catherine II. It covers an area of 90,000 square meters, with a total of 1,057 rooms and more than 2,000 doors. It is magnificent and elegant. It was nationalized after the October Revolution in 1917 and became part of the National Hermitage Museum in 1922. The museum is large in scale and has many exhibits. It currently has more than 3 million cultural relics and is a good place for humanities learning and viewing photography. The Winter Palace is known as the world's four largest museums along with the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris, France, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA. ①Address: Neva River, St. Petersburg, Russia ②Transportation: Direct bus, difficult to park by car ③Peak season: None ④Duration: 1 day ⑤Ticket price: 47 yuan, closed on Mondays 2. The Winter Palace is a light green, three-story building in the shape of a Chinese character "回", 200 meters long, 160 meters wide, and 22 meters high. Together with the Little Hermitage, the Old Hermitage, the New Hermitage, the Winter Palace Reserve, and the Hermitage Theater, it forms the Hermitage Museum (Russian transliteration, meaning "secret palace"), with a total of 3 million cultural relics. Assuming that each cultural relic is viewed for 1 second, it will take 34.7 days to view. Due to space limitations, it is impossible to describe in detail. The museum is divided into 9 parts, including the Department of Primitive Culture, the Department of Ancient Greece and Rome, the Department of Oriental Culture, the Department of Russian Cultural History, the Department of Coins, the Department of Western European Art, the Department of Science and Education, and the Department of Restoration and Preservation. Each part mainly includes paintings, sculptures, unearthed cultural relics, artworks, coins, etc. Among them, paintings are the most famous. Several generations of Russian monarchs have a special liking for paintings and have collected them with a lot of money. The treasures of the town hall are: ① Golden Peacock Bell: Located on the second floor, it was purchased from Cox (experts speculated), the most famous antique manufacturer at the time, by Duke Potemkin, the lover of Russian Empress Catherine II, after selling his property in 1780. He commissioned the Russian mechanic Kulibin to assemble it, but died before presenting it to the Empress. The golden peacock will rotate and spread its wings every hour to tell the time, but this function has been suspended to protect cultural relics. ② Leonardo da Vinci's paintings: located on the second floor. There are 10 paintings in the world. The museum owns 2 paintings, namely "The Litta Madonna" and "The Benois Madonna" (also known as "The Madonna Holding Flowers" and "The Madonna and the Child"), which were purchased in 1865 and 1914 respectively. ③ Raphael's "Madonna of Conestabile": created in 1504. In addition, the works of famous painters such as Rembrandt and Picasso are also collected. ④ Michelangelo's "Little Boy Curled Up": created in 1530-1534. Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo are known as the "Three Masters of the Renaissance" ⑤ China Pavilion: located on the third floor... The word limit is exceeded, continue in the last picture
Electronic tickets save you the trouble of queuing. I strongly recommend going right after the gate opens. The first show is at 11 o'clock and there are few people. Go inside to see the Xixia cultural relics in our Blackwater City and the cultural relics in Dunhuang. The residence of the Tsar's family is also worth seeing.
The Winter Palace in St. Petersburg🏛 One of the main city attractions was built in 1754-1762 according to the design of the architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli commissioned by Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. From its completion in 1762 until 1904, it was served as the official residence of the House of Romanov, russian emperors. This was the fifth stone royal palace on the Neva, made in the style of magnificent Elizabethan Baroque with elements of French Rococo in the interiors.Elizabeth didn't live to see the completion of the work, and Peter III was the first to enter Winter Palace. And only Catherine the Great, the founder of the Hermitage located here, began to fully master it.The palace is also known for its historical role during the 1917 revolution. After that the palace became a museum.The palace and its precincts now house the Hermitage Museum. Today, as part of one of the world's best known museums, the palace attracts an annual 3.5 million visitors.
The highly recommended attraction tickets are only more than 40 yuan per person on Trip.com , and I feel that I can go shopping for a day. The scope of the tour is very large. It is recommended to rent a guide in the downstairs lobby (you will see it after you enter the ticket entrance). There is 500 rubles in Chinese and a deposit of 2000 rubles. There is a man who is very good in Chinese. You can use instructions and maps in Chinese to facilitate transfer. It’s really too big. There is a toilet on the first floor, a cafe, you can rest, you can take pictures and you can’t turn on the flash, pay attention to the sign.
More than 40 yuan can not buy a loss, can not buy a fool, May Day to the door to queue up to buy tickets too many people, but fortunately, booked in advance, do not have to look at the door queue.
St. Petersburg must go to the place to check in, magnificent, worth recommending! You can look directly at the picture if you look good or not.