Vorontsov's Palace - a palace in central St. Petersburg , located on Sadovaya Street in front of the arcade . Erected by architect Rastrelli in 1749-1757 years for the Chancellor Mikhail Vorontsov . The palace is rich , elegant decoration of facades and lush interiors . In the palace of more than 50 state rooms and buildings.The palace is decorated with stucco , gilded carvings , and other items related Baroque .
from the Garden Palace Street separates the front yard and an elegant enclosure , made of cast iron . For the main building was a regular garden stretching to the Fontanka .
The construction and decoration of the palace demanded such large investments, that in 1763, Count Vorontsov for the debts had to give it to the Russian treasury . On accession to the throne of Paul I, the palace at the end of the 1790s was given the Order of Malta , here placed Chapter of Russian orders.
in 1798-1800 by architect J.Quarenghi arranged in the palace church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and from the garden of his own design to the main building was attached Maltese Chapel .
C 1810 to 1918 the palace housed the Corps of Pages . After the October Revolution is placed first Petrograd Infantry School team the Red Army.In 1937, on the basis of this school was formed from the Leningrad School of Infantry of the Kirov . In 1955, there is housed Suvorov Military School .
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