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- Code Number:
- CGKV01P08_08
- Title:
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Alexander Column, Palace Square, The Winter Palace, (Hermitage), 1950s
- This arch and monument is a celebration of the victory over Napoleon who was defeated in his ridiculous attempts to take over Russia, Carlo Rossi was commissioned to design the bow-shaped Empire-style Building of the General Staff (1819-29), which centers on a double triumphal arch crowned with a Roman quadriga.
- Keywords:
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Saint Petersburg, Russia, Architecture, Structure, Russian, Europe, European, Country
- Image by:
- George H. Ulrich Jr.
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- Code Number:
- CGKV01P08_08
- Title:
-
Alexander Column, Palace Square, The Winter Palace, (Hermitage), 1950s
- This arch and monument is a celebration of the victory over Napoleon who was defeated in his ridiculous attempts to take over Russia, Carlo Rossi was commissioned to design the bow-shaped Empire-style Building of the General Staff (1819-29), which centers on a double triumphal arch crowned with a Roman quadriga.
- Keywords:
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Saint Petersburg, Russia, Architecture, Structure, Russian, Europe, European, Country
- Image by:
- George H. Ulrich Jr.
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