• Мариинский Дворец
  [ma-ri-ins-kiy dva-rets]

🔻Mariinsky Palace, also known as Marie Palace, was the last neoclassical Imperial residence to be constructed in Saint Petersburg.

🔻It was built between 1839 and 1844, designed by the court architect Andrei Stackenschneider.

🔻Built in 5 years by 1845, the Mariinsky Palace was a wedding gift from Emperor Nicholas I to his daughter Maria Nikolaevna.

🔻In the center of the palace there is a rotunda with a dome and 16 columns, creating the atmosphere of an ancient temple.

🔻One of the pearls of the palace is the Winter Garden, in the center of which there is a fountain almost 8 meters high.

📍Geoposition: St Petersburg, Russia

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