Winter Palace and Alexander Column, St Petersburg
View of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia, with the Alexander Column in the foreground. Designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli in baroque style, the palace was the winter residence of the Russian tsars from 1732 to 1917. The monument was erected after the Russian victory in the Napoleonic War, and was named after Tsar Alexander I
Picture No
10289846
Media ID
46071604
Size
5628px x 3570px
(3.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Unattributed Russian postcard
Date
early 20th century
