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Mariyinsky Palace (Explore #194)
Mariyinsky Palace (Ukrainian: Маріїнський палац, Mariyins’kyi palats) is an official ceremonial residence of the President of Ukraine in Kiev and adjoins the neo-classical building of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine. It is a picturesque Baroque palace on the hilly bank of the Dnieper River.
The palace was requested to be constructed in 1744 by the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, and was designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the most famous architect working in the Russian empire at that time. One of the students of Rastrelli, Ivan Michurin, together with a group of other architects, completed the palace in 1752. Empress Elizabeth, however, did not live long enough to see the palace. The first royal figure to stay in the palace was Empress Catherine II, who visited Kiev in 1787. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the palace was the main residence of Governors-General.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariyinsky_Palace
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Mariyinsky Palace (Explore #194)
Mariyinsky Palace (Ukrainian: Маріїнський палац, Mariyins’kyi palats) is an official ceremonial residence of the President of Ukraine in Kiev and adjoins the neo-classical building of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) of Ukraine. It is a picturesque Baroque palace on the hilly bank of the Dnieper River.
The palace was requested to be constructed in 1744 by the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, and was designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli, the most famous architect working in the Russian empire at that time. One of the students of Rastrelli, Ivan Michurin, together with a group of other architects, completed the palace in 1752. Empress Elizabeth, however, did not live long enough to see the palace. The first royal figure to stay in the palace was Empress Catherine II, who visited Kiev in 1787. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the palace was the main residence of Governors-General.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariyinsky_Palace
Information about how I did this here...
roadslesstraveledphotography.com/2012/03/09/mariyinsky-pa...
Thoughts | Comments | Critiques | Questions ~ Always Welcome
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by Matt Shalvatis - Roads Less Traveled Photography
Personal Sites: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Google+
Contributor to: HDR Spotting | HDR Photog
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