Incentive sample St.Petersburg
Catherine Palace
Description:
The Catherine Palace is one of Russian baroque masterpieces of the mid 18 century, this is the most beautiful country residence of the Russian Monarchs.
As large as 1000 square meters the Great Hall takes the Palace all in breadth. The Hall was used to give the most important receptions and festivals including dinners, balls and masquerades. In summer the Hall was lit with sun, sparkling at gilt during the whole day, and in the evening 696 candles were put out on each side mirrors.
Sculpture and ornamental gilded fretwork of the Hall, covering the walls was done according to the drafts of F.-B. Rastrelli and the models of the famous sculptor and decorator I. Dunker by the 130 Russian carvers. The most sumptuous are the frontal walls which bear the decor of many-figure compositions.
Events: gala dinner, cocktail.
Capacity:
The Great Hall: seated dinner up to 400 persons.
Ethnography Museum
Description:
The Russian Ethnography Museum is one of the world’s largest museums. Its collection houses 500 thousand of exhibits and represents the ethnography culture of 150 peoples of 19-20 centuries Russia. The Marble Hall is located in the very centre of the building and it boasts one of the most beautiful palace interiors of St. Petersburg, it’s walls and floors are revetted with rose-coloured Karelian marble. The high marble columns weighing 24 tons each, crystal ceiling with depicted double eagles and the alto-relievo “Peoples of Russia” make the Marble Hall look solemn and festive.
Events: gala dinner, cocktail.
Capacity:
The Marble Hall: seated dinner up to 400 persons.
Great Peterhoff Palace
Description:
The Great Peterhoff Palace (1710-1725) is the largest architecture complex of the Peterhoff ensemble, which won its world-wide fame as the “Capital of Fountains”. Together with the Chapel and the Wing under the Shield the Palace is 300 meters along the terrace.
Events: gala dinner, cocktail.
Capacity:
The Great Hall: seated dinner up to 200 persons.
Marble Palace
Description:
Built in 1768-1784 by the famous architect Rinaldi, the Palace is rather austere in style. But the splendour of the marble variety used for the decor marks it out the other St. Petersburg’s palaces. To decorate the facade and inner chambers of the Palace, 32 sorts of marble brought specially for that purpose from different parts of Russia, also from Italy and Greece were used.
Events: gala dinner, cocktail.
Capacity:
The Marble Hall: seated dinner up to 80 persons.
The White Hall: seated dinner up to 250 persons.
Palace of Beloselsky-Belozersky
Description:
The Palace of Beloselsky-Belozersky is a typical example of a rich aristocratic mansion. It is situated in Nevsky Prospect behind the Anichkov bridge that somewhat fading in glamour, flashing less and less palaces. This part of the prospect is mostly abound with so-called “profit houses” – apartment houses for rent, which were said to be more remunerative than Siberian gold mines. The Palace of Beloselsky-Belozersky is an exception. It was constructed in 1800 by the architect Demertsov and later on was re-constructed by the famous Russian designer Stakenschneider.
It is one of the most outstanding buildings in Nevsky Prospect, famous for its’ bright red color. When constructing the palace, the architect referred to the ideas of Russian baroque of the middle of the XVIII century. Since 1884 the palace belonged to royal family.
Events: gala dinner, cocktail, conferences and meetings.
Capacity:
The Mirror Hall: up to 500 persons.
The Oak Hall: up to 300 persons.
The Hunting room: up to 50 persons.
Palace of Grand Duke Vladimir
Description:
The palace is conveniently located on the Neva River bank in the downtown area of the city a few steps from the Hermitage Museum.
The palace, a perfect example of the Florentine Palazzo style, was designed by A.I. Rezanov in the 1864 for the son of Alexander II, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, the President of the Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1920 the Palace belongs to scientists of St. Petersburg.
The exquisite interiors that have never been restored or redecorated and yet preserved their magnificence and splendor boast several styles among which there are the Renaissance-style State Reception Room with a balcony over the portico of the main entrance; the Gothic Small Dining Room, adorned with decorative paintings; the Renaissance-style Drawing Room; and the two-storey-high Rococo Ball Room. Paintings of Russian national epochs by Vereschagin hang in the Russian-style Banquet Hall.
Events: gala dinner, conferences, meetings and seminars.
Capacity:
The White Hall: up to 200 persons.
The Small Hall: up to 50 persons.
The Oak Hall: up to 120 persons.
Shuvalovsky Palace
Description:
The Shuvalovsky Palace is one of the most perfect pearls in a magnificent necklace of St. Petersburg palaces. Constructed for Court and Countess Vorontsov in the 18 century, the mansion changed its owners twice and went through subsequent reconstructions.
For centuries it has remained a location where the high society of St. Petersburg gathered for balls and concerts conducted in the largest hall of the city, the White Column Hall (440 square meters in area).
Events: gala dinner, cocktail, concerts, conferences, exhibitions, fashion shows, seminars and official receptions.
Capacity:
The White Column Hall: up to 230-400 persons.
The Blue Hall: up to 90-120 persons.
The Golden Living-room: up to 60 persons.
The Red Living-room: up to 60 persons.
Knights’ Hall: up to 25-50 persons.
Smolny Cathedral
Description:
The Smolny Cathedral was built in 1748-1769. Its name comes from the Russian word “smola” (tar): it was here that tar was made for the shipyards in the time of Peter the Great. The church, which is a part of the New Convent of the Resurrection of the Virgin, was commissioned by Empress Elizabeth in 1748 after she decided to take the veil. It was to become Rastrelli’s greatest masterpiece. His inspiration was to combine Baroque details with towers and domes typical of an old Russian monastery. The building was finished by Vasily Stasov in 1835. The most ambitious part of Rastrelli’s design, a 140-metre-high tiered belfry over the main entrance, was shelved due to lack of funding, but also to the fact that, as the highest structure in the city, it would have caused offence in certain quarters.
Its five domes can be seen in fine weather from Vasilievsky Island.
Events: concerts, exhibitions.
Capacity:
The Concert Hall: up to 900 persons.
Notes:
The Smolny Cathedral is not an active church. It has perfect acoustics and is used for musical concerts.
Tavrichesky Palace
Description:
The Tavrichesky Palace is ideally situated in the centre of the city, in an area rich in cultural diversity and with numerous shops and visitor attractions.
Its history starts when Gregory Potemkin (Potemkin-Tavrichesky) after his victory over the Crimea was named Prince of Taurida, and Catherine the Great then hired the noted Russian architect I. E. Starov to design a palace using themes from ancient Greece and Rome to present it to her favourite. Completed in 1789, the Taurida Palace was starkly neoclassical with symmetrical rows of columns. It boasted vast gardens, ponds and pavilions. Prince Potemkin gave grand balls and parties in this palace.
The Palace was reconstructed in the beginning of the twentieth century. Now called the Tavrichesky Palace, it serves as headquarters for the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Events: gala dinner, cocktail, conferences and meetings.
Capacity:
The Dumsky Hall: up to 1200 persons.
The Conference halls: 420 seats in three halls.
The Ekaterininsky Hall: up to 1000 persons.
Yusupov Palace
Description:
The Yusupov Palace on the Moika River embankment is one of the most beautiful monuments of classicism in St. Petersburg. Decorated with the six-column portico, the Palace fascinates by the harmony of proportions and exility of lines.
The Palace preserves the original interiors of 19 – early 20 centuries. The motives of various historical styles were used for the palace halls’ design: for example, the Home Theatre reveals the baroque spirit, the Turkish Room boasts oriental style, the Reception-rooms are decorated in Empire, part of the rooms of the ground floor got the decor of neoclassicism. The halls amaze with their magnificence: paintings, fretwork, marble, mirrors, glittering with gold chandeliers, expensive silk, refined furniture.
Events: gala dinner, cocktail.
Capacity:
The White-column Hall: seated dinner up to 150 persons.
The Mirror Hall: seated dinner up to 50 persons.
The Precioza Hall: seated dinner up to 80 persons.
The Theatre: seated dinner up to 180 persons.
