Gatchina Palace was opened to all the doors in the renovated rooms – REGNUM

Gatchina, Leningrad Region, June 1, 2016, 10:10 – REGNUM In the Gatchina Palace today, 1 June, opened the restored museum halls polutsirkulya East, where the famous Greek gallery and the Rotary Room, reports IA REGNUM . Previously, these facilities were closed to the public

Guests Gatchina Palace can also see the bright transition Rotunda under the arms, and a group of historical dwellings -. Rooms for the Greek gallery. These interiors are presented marble busts and medallions of the historical collection of the palace, sculpture, paintings and antique furniture. For visitors to the museum prepared a surprise -. Glass floor under which you can see the old masonry buildings

«The restoration of the palace of the Eastern polutsirkulya demanded 200 million rubles. Restorers have completed all of the work at the highest level “, – said the director of the State Museum-Reserve” Gatchina » Vasily Pankratov

Recall that the palace and park ensemble of Gatchina was badly damaged during the Great Patriotic War. war. Museum-Reserve “Gatchina” officially formed in 1993, but only in 2008 the Russian government handed over buildings in its territory in the ownership of St. Petersburg, which was the beginning of the program of financing the restoration of the ensemble. Since 2008, all repairs to the museum allocated from the city budget about 2 billion rubles.

According to the eve of the chairman of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin, more than 1 scheduled to open this year, 5 thousand meters of restored palace area. “We are witnessing the first landmark step of a long journey – a full recovery, the revival of the Gatchina Palace. And I’m sure that little time will pass, and visitors will be open and the private quarters of the Emperor Paul I, and marble staircase, and other historical premises of the Gatchina Palace “- said Naryshkin

Petersburg Governor . Georgy Poltavchenko said great work over the years are the employees of the Gatchina museum. “Gatchina – one of the most beautiful residences of Russian emperors. She has a difficult fate, including in the post-war period. Fortunately, today we have the opportunity not only to preserve but also to put in order our unique monuments “, – Poltavchenko said

The head of the Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko said the sincere envy. . Northern capital, “as the Gatchina Palace is owned by St. Petersburg and at the same time, the pearl of the city of Gatchina, Gatchina district and across the Leningrad region»

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