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Marble Palace
Sight4.7 · 3 5064.1 · 183≈ 1 h 30 minEntry: ~700 ₽923 m from the center
A palace on a bend of the Neva, built in 1768–1785 by Antonio Rinaldi for Grigory Orlov: the first St Petersburg facade faced in natural stone, with thirty-two shades of Ural, Karelian and Italian marble. Since 1992 it has been a branch of the Russian Museum, showing Russian and European art of the 19th and 20th centuries, including the Ludwigs' collection of Western modernism and Soviet avant-garde.
Highlights
- Facade of marble in thirty-two shades
- Rinaldi's palace for Grigory Orlov
- Ludwig Collection: modernism and Russian avant-garde
- A branch of the Russian Museum
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