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Sculpture: Ceres and Bacchus
Modern copies of the works by Giovanni Antonio Cibei
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Vasilyevsky
Island
Alexei Zubov
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Water-supply
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The Menshikov Palace was constructed in stages between
1710 and 1727. In the course of the twentieth-century restoration
the fa×ades were returned to their appearance of 1716–17. At
that time two side wings were added to the northern fa×ade that faces
the courtyard together with a central projection to house the new
main staircase. Where the new structures met the main block, small
curved recesses were left within which special channels were constructed
for the removal of ashes. An elegant porch appeared in the centre
of the northern projection. To make it easier to get between the wings
a covered wooden gallery was constructed around the perimeter of the
inner fa×ades. Later the gallery was built up with brick walls. (It
was removed in the restoration of the 1970s.) |
