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Dvortsovaya (Palace) Embankment, 38
1754-62. Architect B.Rastrelli
Now the |Hermitage|Custom1|W:173| museum
The Winter Palace is one of the most important
architectural monuments in Petersburg, as well
as the compositional center of the territory
including the largest city 's ensembles. It belongs
to the greatest achievements of Russian and
world architecture of the 18th century, both from
the point of view of art and that of urban design.
The history of the construction is quite
interesting. During Peter I's reign it was
prohibited to allot land to people having no naval
rank in the place now occupied by the palace.
So Peter the Great, who wanted to build a
palace for himself there, got a building permit as
Peter Alekseyev, a shipbuilder. The first wooden
Winter Palace was erected on the bank of the
Zimniaya Kanavka (Winter Canal) in 1711. In
1719 - 20 the second, stone Winter Palace, was
built on the site of the modern |Hermitage|Custom1|O:4|
|Theater|Custom1|O:4| to a design by G. Mattarnovi, where
Peter I moved with his family from his |Summer|Custom1|O:54|