PALACE OF GREAT DUKE VLADIMIR

Venue in St. Petersburg

VENUE LOCATION & ACCESS

Address: Dvortsovaya Embarkment, 26

Located in walking distance from

Hermitage museum

The view from the Palace's windows:

EXTERIOR

Like the Winter Palace and the

Marble Palace, the Vladimir Palace

fronts Palace Embankment; water

frontage on the Neva was extremely

prized by the Russian aristocracy.

The façade, richly ornamented with

struccorustication, was patterned

after Leon Battista Alberti's palazzi

in Florence. The main porch is built

of Brenen sandstone and adorned

with griffins, coats-of-arms, and

cast-iron lanterns. Other details are

cast in portland cement.

HISTORY

The Vladimir Palace (Vladimirsky dvorets) was the last imperial palace to be constructed in

Saint-Petersburg, Russia. It was designed by a team of architects (Vasily Kenel, Aleksandr

Rezanov, Andrei Huhn, Ieronim Kitner, Vladimir Shreter) for Alexander II's son, Grand Duke

Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. Construction work lasted from 1867 to 1872.

INTERIOR

The palace and its outbuildings contain some 360 rooms, all

decorated in disparate historic styles: Neo-Renaissance

(reception room, parlor), Gothic Revival (dining room), Russian

Revival (Oak Hall), Rococo (White Hall), Byzantine style

(study), various oriental styles, and so on. This interior

ornamentation, further augmented by Maximilian Messmacher

in 1880-1892, is considered a major monument to the 19th-

century passion for historicizm.

After the October Revolution, the palace became the home of

the 'Academics' House‘.

INTERIOR

INTERIOR

THE SMALL BANQUETING HALL

In 1888 the court architect М. Mesmakher designed Small Banqueting Hall, together with

other palace's rooms. The Small Banqueting Hall is decorated in the Venetian taste.

Maximum Capacity: 40 pax

The oak hall is decorated in unusual style based on

the traditional Russian folk elements. The ceiling,

panelling, cornice, and borders are all painted in

imitation of oak. which makes the room seem

interesting. Five popular Russian fairy tales decorate

the walls, interpreted by Vereshchagin in oil on a

special rough canvas that makes them look like

tapestries.

THE OAK HALL Maximum Capacity: 130 pax

BALLROOM: WHITE HALL Maximum Capacity: 100 pax

The Ballroom is decorated in elaborate Louis XV Rococo style with an elaborate music gallery

The ornate walls and ceiling includes beautifully sculptured figures of nymphs and cherubs.

The three medallion paintings to the celling executed by Vereshchagln.

DINNER

Dinner is served in Oак Hall, Small Banqueting Hall or White

Hall.

Table settings can be provided in various colors and motives

depending on if providing a classical evening / seating or

folkloristic themes and table settings with Russian Samovars

and Russian Scarf's instead of table cloth.

Have a gala dinner at private residence belonging to an imperial family of

Romanovs!

THEME

VARIATION

Classical Gala

Dinner

Folklore Dinner

ENTERTAINMENT CLASSICAL ARTISTS:

• Ballet Dancer

• Classical Quartet

• Opera Singer

• Harp Player

• Classical Orchestra

Other artist can be used (depending on theme of

event)

SCENARIO: CLASSICAL DINNER

•19:00 - Arrival to the Vladimirs Palace (recommended

entertainment during welcome :Classical music performed

by Classical Quartet or Orchestra)

•19:00 – 19:30 - Welcome meeting of guests at the

staircase or mainroom (indoor or outdoor) with

champagne/cocktails

•19:30 - 20:00 Short tour around the rooms of the palace

•20:00 - 23:00 Dinner at Oak Room (recommended

entertainment during dinner: Ballet performance -30 min,

Classical music performed by Classical Quartet, Harp

Player)

•22:00 – 22:30 - Opera Singer performs after Dessert

served

•23:00 - Departure from the Vladimirs Palace

FOLKLORE ARTISTS:

• Cossack dancing & singing group

• Bread & Salt ceremony

• Balalaika Orchestra

• Gypsy group (song & dance)

• Russian Singing Folklore group

Other artist can be used (depending on

theme of event)

ENTERTAINMENT

SCENARIO: FOLKLORE DINNER

•19:00 - Arrival to the Palace (recommended

entertainment during welcome

cocktail: Bread & Salt ceremony, Balalaika Musical Trio)

•19:00 – 19:30 - Welcome Cocktail in the lobby

•19:30 - 23:00 Dinner at Marble room (recommended

entertainment: Babki from Karelia (authentic countryside

folklore), Balalaika Trio, Russian Folklore singing group)

•22:00 – 22:30 - Cossack Dance Show on the stage

after Dessert served

•23:00 - Departure from the Palace

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