🇷🇺The State Hermitage Museum is celebrating the 259th Anniversary today!
🏰Founded in 1764, it is one of the largest art museums in the world!
Only a small part of the museum's collection, which contains more than 3 million exhibits, is on permanent display.
#OTD #Russia #Hermitage #SaintPetersburg #AmazingRussia
🏰Founded in 1764, it is one of the largest art museums in the world!
Only a small part of the museum's collection, which contains more than 3 million exhibits, is on permanent display.
#OTD #Russia #Hermitage #SaintPetersburg #AmazingRussia
Более 150 лет держат на своих плечах портик Эрмитажа гранитные атланты.
🪨 Гранит для атлантов добывали в районе Выборга. Этот камень отличается исключительной твёрдостью и прочностью.
Каждый атлант был вырезан вручную из цельной глыбы гранита.
🇷🇺🏛The Atlanteans of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg
The most famous Atlanteans in Russia have been guarding the building of the New Hermitage for more than 150 years.
🪨Granite for the Atlanteans was mined in the Vyborg area. This stone is characterized by exceptional hardness and strength, which makes it difficult to process.
Each Atlantean was hand-carved from a single block of granite.
📸Pavel Demichev
#Russia #SaintPetersburg #Hermitage #AmazingRussia
🪨 Гранит для атлантов добывали в районе Выборга. Этот камень отличается исключительной твёрдостью и прочностью.
Каждый атлант был вырезан вручную из цельной глыбы гранита.
🇷🇺🏛The Atlanteans of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg
The most famous Atlanteans in Russia have been guarding the building of the New Hermitage for more than 150 years.
🪨Granite for the Atlanteans was mined in the Vyborg area. This stone is characterized by exceptional hardness and strength, which makes it difficult to process.
Each Atlantean was hand-carved from a single block of granite.
📸Pavel Demichev
#Russia #SaintPetersburg #Hermitage #AmazingRussia