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The State Russian Museum. museum. (721 words) |
 | The main construction material of the exterior and interior decorations of the building was a natural stone: granite and marble of different colours, that imparted the palace a unique originality and afterwards gave it the name of the Marble Palace. |
 | The architect chose to preserve the external face of the palace, whilst redecorating the interioirs of the state halls of the Marble Palace, at that he preferred late Renaissance, Gothic, rococo and classicism. |
 | In 1888 the palace was inherited by the son of the Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich. |
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 | Marble Palace was 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. |
 | 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. |