Winter Palace

Local nameЗимний дворец
LocationSaint Petersburg

The Winter Palace 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. Floor area is 233,345 square metres.. Total area of the Winter Palace is 14.2 hectares. Situated between Palace Embankment and Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter the Great's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late 1730s and 1837, when it was severely damaged by fire and immediately rebuilt. The storming of the palace in 1917, as depicted in Soviet art and in Sergei Eisenstein's 1928 film October, became a symbol of the October Revolution.

The emperors constructed their palaces on a monumental scale that aimed to reflect the might and power of Imperial Russia. From the palace, the tsars ruled over 22,800,000 square kilometers and 125 million subjects by the end of the 19th century.

Tags PalaceMuseumBaroque Architecture
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Opening hours

Tue, Thu - Sun: 10:30 am - 6 pm
Wed: 10:30 am - 9 pm

Closed: Mondays, Jan 1 and May 9

Admission

All branches: 700 RUB
(entry ticket to the Main Museum Complex and the branches, including the Winter Palace)
Winter Palace only: 300 RUB
Schoolchildren, students, first Thus of every month: free

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_Palace

Official Website https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/explore/buildings/locations/building/B10/

Address Palace Embankment, 191186, St Petersburg, Russia

Coordinates 59°56'25.722" N 30°18'49.952" E

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