page_title: Mariinsky Palace
section_title: Conception and style
hierarchical_section_title: Mariinsky Palace / Conception and style
context_page_description: Mariinsky Palace, also known as Marie Palace, was the last neoclassical Imperial residence to be constructed in Saint Petersburg. It was built between 1839 and 1844, designed by the court architect Andrei Stackenschneider.
context_section_description: The palace was conceived by Nicholas I as a present to his eldest daughter, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna, on the occasion of her marriage to Maximilian de Beauharnais, Empress Joséphine's grandson.
  Although the reddish-brown facade is elaborately rusticated and features corinthian columns arranged in a traditional Neoclassical mode, the whole design was inspired by the 17th-century French Baroque messuages. Other eclectic influences are visible in the Renaissance details of exterior ornamentation, and the interior decoration, with each room designed in a different historic style. The palace is now painted white.
caption: Ceremonial Sitting of the State Council on 7 May 1901 (1904) by Ilya Repin (Russian Museum)
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