Marble Palace is situated between the Field of Mars and Palace Quay, slightly to the east from Winter Palace.The palace was built by Count Grigory Orlov, the favorite of Empress Catherine the Great and the most powerful Russian nobleman of the 1760s. Construction started in 1768 to designs by Antonio Rinaldi, who previously had helped decorate the grand palace at Caserta near Naples. The combination of sumptuous ornamentation with rigorously classicizing monumentality, as practiced by Rinaldi, may be attributed to his earlier work under Luigi Vanvitelli in Italy. Since marble was only discovered in Russia and exploited in the middle of the eighteenth century, the palace was unique for its day. Entry is through a courtyard charmingly topped by a small baroque tower and clock, which offsets the severity of the facade. The privacy of the courtyard allows to make different special welcome for the arriving guests, like brass orchestra to welcome the guests or the drummers, lined up on both sides, to welcome the guests. The Palace has the following rooms which can be used for function: 1. Marble Room: seated dinner for up to 50 – 80 persons, size 160 sq.m 2. White Hall: seated dinner for up to 260 pax with the size 630 sq.m. Recommended decorations: Classical ;no special decorations are required; Recommended entertainment: Classical style; Rental fee is valid till 23:30 Russian time. All extra hours are subject to charge and reconfirmation.

1. MARBLE PALACE
VENUE in St. Petersburg

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4. VENUE LOCATION & ACCESS
Address:
Millionaya str, 5/1
Marble Palace is one of the first
Neoclassical palaces in Saint
Petersburg, Russia. It is situated
between the Field of Mars and Palace
Quay, slightly to the east from Winter
Palace.

5. EXTERIOR/ENTRANCE
The palace was built by Count Grigory
Orlov, the favorite of Empress Catherine the
Great and the most powerful Russian
nobleman of the 1760s. The palace takes its
name from its opulent decoration in a wide
variety of polychrome marbles. A rough-
grained Finnish granite on the ground floor
is in subtle contrast to polished pink
Karelian marble of the pilasters and white
Urals marble of capitals and festoons.
Panels of veined bluish gray Urals marble
separate the floors, while Tallinn dolomite
was employed for ornamental urns. In all, 32
disparate shades of marble were used to
decorate the palace.

6. INTERIOR
The Main Stairs are decorated with the grey
marble of the Urals and the steps are made of the
dark green Karelian sandstone. In the centre of
the ceiling of the stairs, the plafond The
Judgement of Paris.
The stone decorations of the Marble Room strike
with their many colors, smartness and opulence,
their perfectly worked marble, selected and
arranged with impeccable style. The Marble
Room is finished with seven kinds of marble
originating from Greece, Italy, the Urals, Karelia,
and Siberia. The room is decorated with bass
reliefs by F. Shubin and M. Kozlovsky as well as
with the plafond The Triumph of Venus by S.
Torelli.

7. COCKTAIL
LOCATION
Welcome cocktail can be
organized in the Palace
courtyard with different
entertainment. (classical
quartet, violin player, harp
player).

8. DINNER
Palace has two rooms, which can be used for the dinner:
- Marble Room. The capacity is up to 50 – 80 persons for
the dinner, and about 150 persons for the reception.
Rooms size 160 sq.m.

9. DINNER
- White Hall. The
capacity is up to 250
persons for the
dinner, and about
350 persons for the
reception. Room size
is 630 sq.m.
Recommended
decorations for both
rooms: classical

10. ARTISTS
Classical quartet
Harp player
Violin player
Ballet dances
Child prodigy
ENTERTAINMENT

11. TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT & DECORATION
RECOMMENDED
Stage not recommended
Light equipment upon request
Sound equipment upon requesT

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