Gates of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg


The front gate of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg is the main entrance to the palace. Massive openwork wrought-iron gates with overhead decorative elements made of ferrous and non-ferrous metal were made at the Saint-Gali iron foundry in St. Petersburg in 1855 according to the outline of the architect N. A. Gornostaev


Size: 4252px × 2835px
Location: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Photo credit: © Nikolai Barchan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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