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Re: Gatchina Palace
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Re: Gatchina Palace
« Reply #183 on: February 25, 2008, 11:31:53 PM »
Quote from: Whitesun on June 30, 2007, 02:08:29 PM
I have find a very interesting watercolors in Gatchina's Museum webpage  http://museum.gatchina.ru/virx/virx.htm
but there are some pictures that I can't situate. I think that some rooms were located in the second and ground floor of the main wing of the palace, but I don't have any plans of these areas. Anyone can help me?  :-\


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ground floor of the Arsenal block



mezzanine of the Arsenal block



1st floor of the Arsenal block



ground floor of the main block



1st floor of the main block



1st floor of the Kitchen block




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Re: Gatchina Palace
« Reply #184 on: June 27, 2008, 06:22:30 PM »
Joanna has asked me to post photos from her recent visit to Gatchina.  Here's what she said:

To understand the rooms, this is the order of how I walked around the wing. It starts on the private garden side. I still have to check my books/plans to identify the actual rooms c1900s against what is displayed today. As there are 21 images, I will send it in three parts ok. Let me know if you do receive otherwise I will try with my yahoo account.
 
F1000020 - Displayed Plan - fuzzy and as I said I will need to check my files as the colored portion does not seem to relate to the layout I walked through
F1000016 - Large entrance room after ascending the stairs.
F1000017 - The corridor that separates the enfilades of rooms - at the end are windows that face the right side of the wing which is the path leading from the bridge  - to the left would be the private garden and to the right faces the inner courtyard.
F1000029 - Looking down the enfilade - windows face the private garden
F1000030 - Identified as Xenia's room - whether it corresponds c1900s I am not sure nor if the furniture is from that period
F1000031 - Private garden - view of Kamchatka's grave
F1000032 - Next room - notice the door to the corridor I think rather than another little room that you will see further on. This room may be easier to identify with c1900s as the style is unique.
 
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Joanna

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/BobG_AP/AP%20Discussion%20Board/Joanna%20Gatchina/F1000020.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/BobG_AP/AP%20Discussion%20Board/Joanna%20Gatchina/F1000016.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/BobG_AP/AP%20Discussion%20Board/Joanna%20Gatchina/F1000017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/BobG_AP/AP%20Discussion%20Board/Joanna%20Gatchina/F1000029.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/BobG_AP/AP%20Discussion%20Board/Joanna%20Gatchina/F1000030.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/BobG_AP/AP%20Discussion%20Board/Joanna%20Gatchina/F1000031.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/BobG_AP/AP%20Discussion%20Board/Joanna%20Gatchina/F1000032.jpg

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Re: Gatchina Palace
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Re: Gatchina Palace
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Re: Gatchina Palace
« Reply #187 on: June 28, 2008, 05:42:11 AM »
What simply superb photos. Gives you a real impression of the Palace and where the IF lived. Not as big as I thought but quite cosy as well.

Was it GD Michael that lived there before the revolution?

I think I shall add the Palace to my places to visit when I manage to get to St. P in the fall.

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Re: Gatchina Palace
« Reply #188 on: June 28, 2008, 11:10:30 AM »
Thank you Joanna and BobG for sharing. I thoroughly enjoyed viewing the photos.
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« Reply #189 on: June 30, 2008, 01:27:24 PM »
Adding another thanks for the pictures.

I've always had such a difficult time imaging AII living in these rooms. Perhaps the ceilings seem so low in comparison to the typical ceiling heights in the other palaces, but still it looks like he'd constantly kerplunk his head any time he stood up!
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Re: Gatchina Palace
« Reply #190 on: June 30, 2008, 06:22:40 PM »
They look like they may have been at some point intended as servants quarters? I say this as the rooms seem to be in the roof due to the ceilings?


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Re: Gatchina Palace
« Reply #191 on: June 30, 2008, 06:24:31 PM »
The rooms are in the enfilade, the floor between the first (bottom) & the second.
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« Reply #192 on: June 30, 2008, 08:28:51 PM »
Gatchina is actually quite huge.. The rooms of Alex. III were not open yet when I visited in 2006 [?] But they are just a tiny part of the whole.  If I can find them, I will post some of the pics I have from that visit. The town itself is a pleasant visit. Much cheaper than  St. Petersburg and Pavlosk. And good connections [rail & bus]. It is not the prettiest of palaces of the Romanovs, but still impressive enough to warrant a visit.
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Re: Gatchina Palace
« Reply #193 on: July 01, 2008, 12:57:59 AM »
Wonderful photos! Thanks Joanna and BobG.

Amusingly enough that living in St-Petersbourg (and so 40 km from Gatchina) I sometimes even don't know about new expositions. Actually foreign tourists are often luckier in taking new photos. :) Thanks again.
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« Reply #194 on: July 01, 2008, 08:42:55 AM »
I woke up this morning realizing that enfilade is not the correct word for the floor between floors. I'm sorry for any confusion I may have caused. The only problem is I can't remember what the correct word is! Entrasole? Entrasal? I'm pretty sure it's a French word but google is not being very helpful right now. Perhaps some one who does know the right word will be kind enough to post it...

eta: Entering entrasol into m-w.com proved useful: it's ENTRESOL. And, according to m-w.com's definition, we English speaking people might use the word mezzanine instead.
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