General Staff Building
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The General Staff Building is a grand 19th-century neoclassical complex on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, now housing part of the State Hermitage Museum’s art collections.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building
ⓘ
museum building ⓘ neoclassical building ⓘ |
| architect | Carlo Rossi ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| coordinateLocation | 59.939°N 30.315°E ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| endDate | 1829 ⓘ |
| facing |
Alexander Column
ⓘ
Winter Palace ⓘ |
| function |
art museum galleries
ⓘ
government offices (historical) ⓘ |
| hasArchitecturalFeature |
arched passage
ⓘ
attic sculptures ⓘ colonnades ⓘ |
| hasCollection |
European art
ⓘ
Russian art ⓘ decorative arts ⓘ design and applied arts ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building
ⓘ
eastern wing of General Staff Building ⓘ western wing of General Staff Building ⓘ |
| hasUse | cultural tourism ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| heritageSiteOf | Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments ⓘ |
| houses |
Hermitage Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
State Hermitage Museum collections
|
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Tsentralny District of Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg
|
| locatedOn | Palace Square ⓘ |
| location |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
|
| materialUsed | stone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
grand neoclassical façade
ⓘ
large curved frontage along Palace Square ⓘ triumphal arch with chariot sculpture ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 3 ⓘ |
| operator |
Hermitage Museum
ⓘ
surface form:
State Hermitage Museum
|
| ownedBy |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
|
| partOf |
Palace Square
ⓘ
surface form:
Palace Square ensemble
Hermitage Museum ⓘ
surface form:
State Hermitage Museum complex
architectural ensemble of the Winter Palace and Palace Square ⓘ |
| significantEvent | major restoration and adaptation for museum use in late 20th–early 21st century ⓘ |
| startDate | 1819 ⓘ |
| streetAddress | Palace Square, Saint Petersburg ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
exhibitions of 19th-century art
ⓘ
exhibitions of 20th-century art ⓘ exhibitions of contemporary art ⓘ |
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