The beautiful pink baroque palace at Nevsky 17 was built for Count Stroganov by the architect Rastrelli. It is one of those cases when words cannot describe a historical monument. The palace is absolutely proportional, harmonious and elegant.
Bartolomeo Rastrelli built Stroganov palace in the 18th Century for baron Sergey Stroganov. Construction went at an extremely fast pace. And the opening ball was graced by the presence of empress Elizaveta Petrovna. Later in the same palace she celebrated her birthday. The imperial architect Rastrelli did not work on private commissions. The construction of the palace under the direction of the architect was a rare exception. Therefore Stroganov thanked Rastrelli. He commissioned the Italian artist Pietro Rotari to paint a portrait of the architect.
After Sergey Stroganov died the palace passed to his son, Alexander. Count Alexander was president of the academy of artists, a philanthropist and patron of the arts. It was he who presented Pavel I with the project of the Kazansky cathedral created by Stroganov's former serf, Voronikhin. He also supervised the construction. He died in the same year the cathedral was consecrated.
Count Stroganov was a strange man. For example there was no bedroom in the palace. The owner became used to sleeping on chairs, couches or on folding beds in different rooms.
Stroganov palace was famous for its open lunches. A table was laid in an interior courtyard and anyone who wanted could come and eat. However the famous beef Stroganov was not invented here. Though it was invented at a Stroganov open lunch, but only a century later, in the city of Odessa.
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Bartolomeo Rastrelli built Stroganov palace in the 18th Century for baron Sergey Stroganov. Construction went at an extremely fast pace. And the opening ball was graced by the presence of empress Elizaveta Petrovna. Later in the same palace she celebrated her birthday. The imperial architect Rastrelli did not work on private commissions. The construction of the palace under the direction of the architect was a rare exception. Therefore Stroganov thanked Rastrelli. He commissioned the Italian artist Pietro Rotari to paint a portrait of the architect.
After Sergey Stroganov died the palace passed to his son, Alexander. Count Alexander was president of the academy of artists, a philanthropist and patron of the arts. It was he who presented Pavel I with the project of the Kazansky cathedral created by Stroganov's former serf, Voronikhin. He also supervised the construction. He died in the same year the cathedral was consecrated.
Count Stroganov was a strange man. For example there was no bedroom in the palace. The owner became used to sleeping on chairs, couches or on folding beds in different rooms.
Stroganov palace was famous for its open lunches. A table was laid in an interior courtyard and anyone who wanted could come and eat. However the famous beef Stroganov was not invented here. Though it was invented at a Stroganov open lunch, but only a century later, in the city of Odessa.
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