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The Armorial Hall of the Winter Palace is a vast chamber originally designed for official ceremonies. The Armorial Hall is located between the Military Gallery and the palace courtyard. The current hall was designed by Vasily Stasov in the late 1830s, after the original hall was damaged by an extensive palace fire in 1837; it was at this time that the fluted columns were gilded. Along with St George's Hall and the Nicholas Hall, it was one of the palace's main areas for entertaining. The edges of the hall are decorated with vast stucco panoplies. In the center of the hall sits a lapidary vase made of aventurine from 1842. Under the direction of Anatoly Lunacharsky, who became the Commissar of Enlightenment after the October Revolution, the Armorial Hall was used as a concert hall, with a capacity of up to 2,000. Today, as part of the State Hermitage Museum, this room retains its original decoration. ==Photographs of the Hall, taken in 2008== Image:Amorial Hall.jpg|The Armorial Hall Image:Gold pillars in Armorial Hall.jpg|Closeup of the gold pillars Image:Elaborate doors in Armorial Hall.jpg|Closeup of the door Image:Amorial Halll.jpg|Location of the Hall within the Palace 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Armorial Hall of the Winter Palace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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