The State Hermitage: Winter Palace | Saint Petersburg, Russia

[Fenol]

Hermitage

http://foto.rambler.ru/photos/j/e/jelsonic/Petrophoto/Hermitage01/Hermitage01.jpg
http://foto.rambler.ru/photos/j/e/jelsonic/Petrophoto/Hermitage02/Hermitage02.jpg

Exterior
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_h_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_c_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_d_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_e_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_f_big.jpg

Interior
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_9_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_6_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_7_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_8_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_21_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_14_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_20_big.jpg
http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/imgs_Ru/05/hm5_2_1_24_big.jpg

[barneybuck]

One of the most beautifull buildings in europe oh and BTW St Petersburg and Melbourne( My hometown) are sister cities.

[Phobos]

7.5/10
I don't like the golden parts,apart from this the building is very massive!

[Raine]

7,5/10

[Fenol]

Panoram Palace square with building of Hermitage.
http://foto.rambler.ru/photos/j/e/jelsonic2/Panorams/Palace/Palace.jpg

[Urban Girl]

the architecture is very nice but i dont like the color
7/10

[Sky | Kai]

st. petersburg has a lot masterpieces, but i just can't stand their colors. these green-white-gold-thingos are really disgusting. but at least the building is great, so...i'll give it an 8/10 :)

[Kampflamm]

Too many ornaments for my taste...and the color is pretty bad as well. It'll still get an 8.5 though.

[DamienK]

7/10

[Eldorado]

It would be better if the elevation's color wasn't green.
8/10

[Matthieu]

9, I like it a lot.

[Fabio]

9.5/10

close to 10

[coth]

Exarchus, could you please reject my vote 9 and revote for 10?

[Matthieu]

Done

[Arpels]

9,5/10

[Sinjin P.]

9.5/10

[drfeelgood17]

Breathtaking. 10/10

[Vrysxy]

nice colors 9/10

[Animo]

10/10 - It looks nice in the winter photo

[forvine]

9.5/10

[LordMarshall]

10/10

[Mali]

9/10

[Youngstar]

wonderful :)

10/10

[El_Greco]

9.5/10

[Makedonec]

Prekrasno! 10/10

[Valia]

8,5/10

this building is stunning mainly the inner, but is a bit excessive to the human scale

[Tahimek]

I'm a sucker for rococo/baroque palaces.

10/10.

[poisonous_ivy]

Just must be- 10/10

[Mosaic]

10/10

[marpa]

10/10

[gutooo]

8.5/10

[persian]

10

[delmaule]

8.5/10

[Vlad000]

Really is better than on foto . About green color - it s may be not better color for this palace but , please, keep in mind long winter days with white snow 10/10

[TwItCH]

I hate the colors 7/10

[anm]

I like the facade colors anyway, but to those who dislike it - I beleive it has been pained different colors in the past (blue at least, and maybe other?), and it probably will at some point in the future change color, like a woman, who got tired of the same dress and puts another one on. The important thing is that in Russia the facades have been traditionally painted in bright colors, as opposed say to Britain or France, where the predominant colors of facades are gray/beige (the color of stone itself). With long winters and not so many sunny days throughout the year this makes some sense, at least to me.

[MOTA]

10 for the building, for the color, for the golden parts, for the inside... 10/10

[erbsenzaehler]

Hmmm really decorative, but not my taste.... Especially the color is weird.
But it still deserves a 8.

[LMCA1990]

9/10

[W!CKED]

8/10

[Nikkodemo]

Another perfection!!

10/10

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