Translate
Subscribe to Blog via Email
-
Genealogies
-
Recent Posts
- Name Change of the Polish Village of Czernice to Czernice Borowe – between 1827 and 1880
- Official Name Change of the Polish Village of Maków to Maków Mazowiecki – 1928
- Administrative Structure of the Górno Parish
- Administrative Structure of the Parishes of the Augustów Powiat
- Lists of Inhabitants and Subjects in the Current Voivodeship of Podkarpackie
- The Polish Village of Dzierżanowo (Szwelice Parish)
- The Dictionary of Polish Place Names – Czarnostów/Czarnostowo (Szwelice Parish)
- The Polish Village of Czarnostowo/Czarnostów (Szwelice Parish)
- The Dictionary of Polish Place Names – Gociejewo (Szwelice Parish)
- The Polish Village of Gościejewo (Szwelice Parish)
Archives
Calendar
Meta
Daily Archives: August 10, 2010
The St. Petersburg Hermitage as Art Itself
The main museum facilities of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia is a complex of six buildings, the greatest of which is the Winter Palace. The Winter Palace was the residence of the Russian Monarchs from 1762 to February 1917 and, as such, the details in the floors, ceilings, and walls are all artworks in themselves. The building of the New Hermitage, connected to the Winter Palace, includes the Raphael Loggias, which were copied from a gallery in the Vatican Palace. Continue reading