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Winter Palace

The Winter Palace stands on the banks of the Neva River in Saint Petersburg. Construction began in 1754 under the architect Rastrelli. Its Russian Baroque facade—green walls, white columns, and gilded reliefs—stretches in a long row along the river. Long serving as the residence of the Russian tsars, the palace is now the core building of the Hermitage Museum. The museum's collection began with the private art treasures of Empress Catherine II and was continually expanded by successive tsars; it has been open to the public since 1852 and holds more than 3 million items, including paintings, sculptures, coins, furniture, and decorative arts, ranking alongside the Louvre, the British Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among these, ancient Greek vase painting, ancient Roman sculpture, and Western European painting are especially significant, and only a small portion is on permanent display. The palace contains over a thousand rooms, with more than three hundred galleries open to the public, and the exhibitions are arranged by category: primitive culture, ancient Greece and Rome, Oriental ethnic art, Russian culture, Western European art, coins, and crafts. The route linking the galleries is quite long, making it difficult to cover everything in a single day, so before entering you may want to first pinpoint the highlights you most want to see. Most of the museum's famous masterpieces can be found by gallery number: the ancient Egyptian mummies in Room 100, the gilded mechanical peacock clock crafted by 18th-century English artisans in Room 204, Leonardo da Vinci's Madonna in Room 214, the Raphael Loggias in Room 227 painted after the originals in the Vatican, Rubens's "Perseus Freeing Andromeda" in Room 246, Rembrandt's "The Return of the Prodigal Son" in Room 254, and Michelangelo's sculpture "Crouching Boy" are all worth a dedicated visit. Masterpieces by Matisse, Picasso, and other masters of the late 19th to early 20th centuries are mostly displayed in the General Staff Building exhibition area on the south side of Palace Square, so be sure not to go to the wrong place when seeking them out. The exhibition is divided into seven sections: primitive cultural history, ancient Greek and Roman culture and art, Oriental ethnic culture and art, Russian culture, Western European art history, coins, and crafts, arranged by region and chronologically across more than 350 galleries. The exhibition route totals 30 km in length, earning it the name of the world's longest art gallery. Must-sees: the Egyptian mummy (Room 100), the Peacock Clock (Room 204), Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna" (Room 214), Rembrandt's "The Return of the Prodigal Son" (Room 254), Rubens's "Perseus and Andromeda" (Room 246), and the Raphael Loggias (Room 227). Rooms 333–350 on the upper floor house many artistic treasures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including major works by Matisse and Picasso, and are well worth a visit.

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Catherine Palace

Catherine Palace, also known as Catherine Palace, is located about 25 kilometers south of St. Petersburg. It was the wife of Peter I in 1717, and his daughters Queen Elizabeth, Catherine II, Alexander I and Nicholas. The second favorite suburban palace. In order to show its identity, the area where the palace is located (including the Alexander Palace and the White Tower viewing platform, etc.) was called Tsar Village or Imperial Village after it was built. In 1937, it was renamed "Pushkin Village" to commemorate Pushkin's childhood. "Blonde" Appearance Ekaterina Palace is a two-story palace with a facade of more than 300 meters. It is mainly composed of blue, white and yellow. It is said that these represent the blue eyes of the hostess, White skin and blond hair. The architects added the palace church and the wing for administration, and the top was covered with five splendid and characteristic onion-shaped domes. The radiant interior is different from the fresh temperament outside the palace. The interior of the palace can be described as radiant and shrouded in golden light. From the entrance, go through the promenade on the first floor of the Yekaterina Palace to the main staircase leading to the second floor. The main staircase is more distinctive, with two-way lighting, and the decoration is a bit Rococo style. Marble sculptures "Sleeping Eros" and "Awakening Eros". There are also two exhibition halls at the entrance on the right side of the second floor, where various cultural exhibitions are often held. The magnificent reception hall is in the palace, and the splendid halls are one after another, forming a "golden corridor". Each room is named "Red Column Hall" and "Green Column Hall" according to different colors. The grandiose room in the palace was this spacious reception hall on the right hand side of the main staircase, where Elizabeth received her guests. There are large double-row windows on both sides of the hall, giant mirrors are set between the windows and on the walls on both sides of the hall, all decorations in the hall are gilded, and oil paintings are painted on the huge dome. Such designs are meant to confuse people's senses to cement Elizabeth's godlike status. This is not only her reception hall, but also her game room.

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