What's the difference between the Summer Palace and the Winter Palace?

The two most famous palaces in Russia: the Winter Palace and the Summer Palace.

Traveling to St. Petersburg, there are two "palaces", namely the Winter Palace and the Summer Palace.

One looks at the building, the other at the garden. These two outstanding classics make St. Petersburg one of the most famous tourist cities in the world.

First, look at cultural relics in the Winter Palace.

1, Winter Palace Archives

Winter Palace transliteration Elmy Tashi Museum.

The Palace Square, located in St. Petersburg, was originally the palace of the Russian czar, and became a part of Elmy Tachi Museum in St. Petersburg after the October Revolution.

It is an outstanding example of Russian baroque architecture in the middle of18th century. Tashi in Elmy, together with the British Museum in London, the Louvre in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in new york, are called the four largest museums in the world.

The museum was originally the private museum of Queen Catherine II.

The Winter Palace was built from 1754 to 1762.

1837 was destroyed by fire, and 1838 to 1839 were rebuilt.

During World War II, the Winter Palace was severely damaged again and was restored after the war.

2. Highlights of the Winter Palace

The Winter Palace is a blue and white building, three stories high, facing neva river.

The palace is inlaid with marble, malachite, lapis lazuli, porphyrite and jasper. Gold-plated and copper-plated decoration; Decorate with sculptures, murals and embroidered curtains of various textures; Colorful and magnificent.

Today, in the spacious and bright exhibition hall of the Winter Palace, there are 2.7 million pieces of various cultural relics, including about 6.5438+0.5 million paintings, about 6.5438+0.2 million sculptures, about 620,000 prints and sketches, about 600,000 unearthed cultural relics, 260,000 practical artworks and about 6.5438+0.000 coins and commemorative medals.

The collection is divided into seven parts: primitive cultural history, ancient Greek and Roman culture and art, oriental national culture and art, Russian culture, western European art history, coins and handicrafts. It is displayed in more than 350 exhibition halls according to geographical and chronological order, and the exhibition lines add up to 30 kilometers, so it is called the longest art museum in the world.

It is worth mentioning that only ten oil paintings of Leonardo da Vinci have been handed down from generation to generation. Here are the Virgin with Flowers and the Virgin Rita.

Raphael's Notre Dame de Tabby and Sancta familia and Michelangelo's sculpture "The Little Boy Curled Up" are both treasures of the museum.

Second, the Summer Palace is playing with a fountain.

1, Summer Palace Archives

Peter the Great's Summer Palace is located in the forest on the south bank of the Gulf of Finland, about 30 kilometers away from St. Petersburg, covering an area of nearly 1000 hectares. It is the suburban palace of Russian czars in past dynasties.

The Summer Palace is an early building in St. Petersburg.

/kloc-At the beginning of the 0/8th century, Russian czar Peter the Great ordered the construction of the Summer Palace, with a simple and solemn appearance and luxurious interior decoration.

At that time, many large-scale dances, court celebrations and other activities were held here, and Peter the Great came here every summer before his death.

After 1934, the Summer Palace was turned into a museum of folk history.

Today, the Summer Palace has become a complex of palaces and gardens in18th century and19th century. Because of its magnificent architecture, the Summer Palace is called "Versailles in Russia".

The main buildings of the palace are: Grand Palace, Lower Garden, Mary Palace, Treasure Hall, Alexander Garden and Mausoleum.

/kloc-In the middle of the 8th century, in order to commemorate Russia's victory in the Northern War, a waterfall consisting of 64 fountains and more than 250 golden bronze statues was built in front of the palace.

2. Highlights of the Summer Palace

The Summer Palace is not famous for its golden roof, but for its fountains.

Fountains are basically in the lower garden. There are more than 200 fountains and more than 2,000 spray columns in Xiayuan, of which the two waterfalls "Cheshan" and "Jinshan" are the most famous, and the shapes of other fountains are also colorful.

/kloc-In the middle of the 8th century, in order to commemorate Russia's victory in the Northern War, a waterfall consisting of 64 fountains and more than 250 golden bronze statues was built in front of the palace.

The largest waterfall fountain group, divided into left and right sides, rushes down from seven steps.

There are 37 golden statues, 29 bas-reliefs, 150 figurines, 64 fountains, and two trapezoidal waterfalls around and in the middle of the fountain.

Below is a semi-circular pool with a Samson statue that broke the lion's mouth in the middle. This is the famous Rumson Fountain, the largest fountain in the lower garden.

3. Impression of Summer Palace

The children regard this place as a paradise.

It is a pleasure to travel to the Summer Palace in summer, because it is a royal garden famous for its fountains, and the fountains in the garden are not open all year round.

There are too many fountains in the Summer Palace. If there is no guide, you must take a map of the Summer Palace, otherwise you will be completely lost in this somewhat unreal fairy tale world.