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The two rows of monolithic Serdobol granite columns
that give this hall its present name divide it into three parts. The
capitals of the columns, the ceiling and walls are covered in painting,
the motifs for which were taken from the decoration of ancient vases.
The floor is a stone mosaic created at the Peterhof Lapidary Works
in imitation of ancient tradition. According to Klenze's project for
the New Hermitage, the Twenty-Column Hall was intended for the display
of Graeco-Etruscan vases. They can now be seen in the Karelian birch
cases with amaranth inlay-work. The room contains a collection of
art created in ancient Italy from the late 9th to 2nd century
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