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Floor plan hermitage museum russia.
The museum issues little floor plans with all highlights marked.
Getting a local hermitage museum guide might actually be worth a consideration he or she will greatly add to the experience and will know what to see in the allocated time and what not.
The plan of the first floor.
It was constructed by the architect by order of catherine the great in 1783 1789 on the site of the former winter palace of peter the great.
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The first floor of new hermitage contains three large interior spaces in the center of the museum complex with red walls and lit from above by skylights.
The hermitage took possession of the east wing of the building in 1993 and it was later decided to house the museum s collections of 19th and 20th century art there.
These are adorned with 19th century russian lapidary works and feature italian and spanish canvases of the 16th 18th centuries including veronese giambattista pittoni tintoretto.
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The plan of the first floor click image to zoom in.
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The largest room in the palace at 1 103 m 2 11 870 sq ft it was originally simply known as the great hall and was the setting for many imperial balls and receptions.
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The nicholas hall is located in the centre of the enfilade.
Work on renovating and adapting the building to fit the purpose was finished in 2014.
Following the death of nicholas i in 1855 a large equestrian portrait of the late tsar was hung from the wall and the hall was renamed the nicholas hall.
Collections housed in 5 buildings feature over 3 000 000 items that present the development of world culture and art from the stone age to the 20th century.
The work was by the renowned studio 44 architectural studio of st.
The museum is closed on mondays.
The hermitage theatre is one of the oldest in st.