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Description of  The Hermitage. Room-to-room Guide

The history of the Hermitage is closely connected with that of thebuildings which house the present-daymuseum .The Winter Palace andthe three buildings of the Herm i t a ge, conventionally called the SmallHermitage, the Old Hermitage and the New Hermitage, and unitedby a series of covered passa ge-ways, form one of the most superbarchitectural ensembles in St. PetersbergThe history of the Hermitage is closely connected with that of the buildings which house the present-daymuseum .The Winter Palace and the three buildings of the Herm i t a ge, conventionally called the Small Hermitage, the Old Hermitage and the New Hermitage, and united by a series of covered passa ge-ways, form one of the most superb architectural ensembles in St. Petersberg.