MOC - Winter Palace (the State Hermitage Museum) and Palace Square

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St. Petersburg‘s most popular visitor attraction, and one of the world’s largest and most prestigious museums, the Hermitage is a must-see for all first-time travelers. It was founded in 1764. With over 3 million items in its collection, you would need eleven years to view each exhibit on display for just one minute. The bulk of the Hermitage collection is housed in the Winter Palace, formerly the official residence of the Romanov Tsars.

Palace Square, connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire. On the northern side of the square stands the Winter Palace. Across the square, stands the building of the former Imperial Army General Staff. In the middle of the square stands the Alexander Column, the body of which is made of a single monolith of red granite weighing an incredible 600 tons. The monument was built between 1830 and 1834, and a terrific feat of engineering.

The Digital Instruction will be a step-by-step PDF just like an official Lego manual, while the XML file's contents can be copied & pasted to a Bricklink Wanted List (https://www.bricklink.com/v2/wanted/upload.page) for easier one-stop shopping. Once paid, both files will be sent to your email.

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