Kunstkamera
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The Kunstkamera is a Russian public museum of science located on the Universitetskaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg, facing the Winter Palace. The Kunstkamera is formally organized as the Russian Aca
View of the Kunstkamera across the River Neva
Kunstkamera in 1740
Petrine Baroque
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Petrine Baroque is a style of 17th and 18th century Baroque architecture and decoration favoured by Peter the Great and employed to design buildings in the newly founded Russian capital, Saint Petersb
Kunstkamera
…the museum houses nearly 2,000,000 items, including materials from various non-Russian countries. The Kunstkamera is notable as a surviving example of Petrine baroque. Particularly notable is its Armillary Sphere, which crowns the spire. The name Kunstkamera is derived from the German word kunstkammer, known in English…
The Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral by architect Dominico Trezzini exists as it was originally designed. It is regarded as the most notable example of the Petrine Baroque style of architecture.
Kikin Hall (1714), an example of private residence dating from Peter I's reign.
The Summer Palace
The Twelve Colleges, Construction began by Trezzini in 1722