Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum is a of art and culture in , Russia, and holds the largest collection of paintings in the world. It was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great acquired a collection of paintings from the Berlin merchant Johann Ernst Gotzkowsky.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Also known as: Hermitage”, “State Hermitage”, “State Hermitage Museum”, “State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg”, “The Hermitage”, and “The State Hermitage Museum

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood and General Staff Building.

Museum
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in , which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time. is situated 1 km east of Hermitage Museum.

Museum
The is an edifice with a 580 m-long bow-shaped facade, situated on in , , in front of the Winter Palace. is situated 400 metres southeast of Hermitage Museum.

The Bronze Horseman is an of in the in , Russia. It was opened to the public on 18 August 1782. is situated 760 metres southwest of Hermitage Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Peter and Paul Fortress.

, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.

Neighborhood
The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

Suburb
Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

Hermitage Museum

Latitude
59.94078° or 59° 56′ 27″ north
Longitude
30.31277° or 30° 18′ 46″ east
Elevation
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
9GFGW8R7+84
Geo­Names ID
7668987
Wiki­data ID
Q132783
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“Hermitage Museum” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Ермитаж
  • Afrikaans: Hermitage
  • Arabic: متحف أرميتاج
  • Arabic: متحف الإرميتاج
  • Arabic: متحف الهيرميتاج
  • Arabic: متحف هيرميتاج
  • Armenian: Ազգային Էրմիտաժ
  • Armenian: Էրմիտաժ
  • Armenian: Կայսերական Էրմիտաժ
  • Armenian: Պետական Էրմիտաժ
  • Asturian: Muséu del Hermitage
  • Azerbaijani: Ermitaj
  • Bashkir: Эрмитаж Дәүләт Музейы
  • Basque: Ermitage
  • Basque: Hermitage museoa
  • Basque: Hermitage Museoa
  • Basque: Hermitage
  • Belarusian: Дзяржаўны Эрмітаж
  • Belarusian: Імператарскі Эрмітаж
  • Belarusian: Эрмітаж
  • Bengali: হার্মিটেগ জাদুঘর
  • Bengali: হার্মিটেজ জাদুঘর
  • Bosnian: Ermitaž
  • Bosnian: Muzej Ermitaž
  • Breton: Mirdi an Ermitaj
  • Breton: Mirdi ar Peniti
  • Bulgarian: Ермитаж
  • Bulgarian: Ермитажа
  • Catalan: Hermitage
  • Catalan: Museu de l’Ermitage de Sant Petersburg
  • Catalan: Museu de l’Ermitage
  • Catalan: Museu de l’Hermitage
  • Catalan: Museu Hermitage
  • Chechen: Эрмитаж
  • Chinese: 冬宮博物館
  • Chinese: 埃尔米塔日博物馆
  • Chinese: 埃爾米塔日博物館
  • Chinese: 艾尔米塔什博物馆
  • Chinese: 艾尔米塔什国立美术馆
  • Chinese: 艾爾米塔什國立美術館
  • Chinese: 艾爾米塔什美術館
  • Chinese: 隱士廬博物館
  • Chuvash: Эрмитаж
  • Croatian: Državni muzej Ermitaž
  • Croatian: Ermitaž
  • Croatian: Hermitage
  • Czech: Ermitáž
  • Danish: Eremitagen
  • Dutch: Hermitage
  • Eastern Mari: Эрмитаж
  • Egyptian Arabic: متحف الهيرميتاج
  • Erzya: Прявт Эрмитаж
  • Esperanto: Ermitejo
  • Esperanto: Muzeo Ermitejo
  • Esperanto: Ŝtata Ermitejo
  • Estonian: Ermitaaž
  • Estonian: Riiklik Ermitaaž
  • Extremaduran: Museu del Hermitage
  • Finnish: Eremitaashi
  • Finnish: Eremitaasi
  • Finnish: Eremitaaši
  • Finnish: Eremitaasin taidemuseo
  • Finnish: Ermitaž
  • French: musée de l’Ermitage
  • French: Musée de l’Ermitage
  • French: musée de l’Hermitage
  • French: Musée National de l’Ermitage
  • French: Pietro Antonio Rotari
  • Galician: Ermitage
  • Galician: Hermitage
  • Galician: Museo do Hermitage
  • Georgian: ერმიტაჟი
  • Georgian: ერმიტაჟის მუზეუმი
  • Georgian: სახელმწიფო ერმიტაჟი
  • German: Eremitage Sankt Petersburg
  • German: Eremitage
  • German: Ermitage
  • Gilaki: ارميتاژ ٚ مۊزه
  • Gilaki: ارميتاژˇ مۊزه
  • Greek: Ερμιτάζ
  • Greek: Κρατικό Μουσείο Ερμιτάζ
  • Greek: Μουσείο Ερμιτάζ
  • Haitian: Mize Èmitaj
  • Hebrew: ארמיטאז‘
  • Hebrew: ארמיטאז’
  • Hebrew: ארמיטז‘
  • Hebrew: הרמיטאז‘
  • Hebrew: הרמיטז‘
  • Hebrew: מוזיאון הארמיטאז‘
  • Hebrew: מוזיאון ההרמיטז‘
  • Hindi: हर्मिटेज संग्रहालय
  • Hungarian: Ermitázs
  • Indonesian: Hermitage Museum
  • Indonesian: Museum Ermitáž
  • Italian: Ermitage
  • Italian: Ermitaz̆
  • Italian: Hermitage
  • Italian: Museo dell’Ermitage di San Pietroburgo
  • Italian: Museo dell’Ermitage
  • Italian: Museo dell’Hermitage
  • Italian: Palazzo d’Inverno
  • Japanese: エルミタージュ劇場
  • Japanese: エルミタージュ博物館
  • Japanese: エルミタージュ美術館
  • Japanese: 新エルミタージュ宮
  • Kazakh: Érmïtaj
  • Kazakh: Эрмитаж
  • Kazakh: ЭРМИТАЖ
  • Kazakh: ەرمىيتاج
  • Kirghiz: Эрмитаж
  • Korean: 에르미타쉬 미술관
  • Korean: 에르미타슈 미술관
  • Korean: 에르미타슈 박물관
  • Korean: 에르미타슈
  • Korean: 에르미타시 미술관
  • Korean: 에르미타시 박물관
  • Korean: 에르미타시
  • Korean: 에르미타주 미술관
  • Korean: 에르미타주 박물관
  • Korean: 에르미타주
  • Korean: 에르미타쥬 미술관
  • Korean: 에르미타쥬
  • Korean: 예르미타시 미술관
  • Korean: 예르미타시 박물관
  • Korean: 예르미타시
  • Latin: Ermitage Museum
  • Latin: Museum Solitarium
  • Latvian: Valsts Ermitāža
  • Ligurian: Ermitage
  • Lithuanian: Ermitažas
  • Macedonian: Ермитаж
  • Malayalam: ഹെർമിറ്റേജ് മ്യൂസിയം
  • Manipuri: ꯔꯁꯤꯌꯥꯒꯤ ꯍꯔꯃꯤꯇꯦꯖ ꯃ꯭ꯌꯨꯖꯤꯌꯝ
  • Mazanderani: آرمیتاژ موزه
  • Mazanderani: هرمیتاژ موزه
  • Mongolian: эрмитаж
  • Mongolian: Эрмитаж
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Eremitagen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Eremitasjen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Eremitasjen
  • Norwegian: Eremitasjen
  • Ossetian: Паддзахадон Эрмитаж
  • Ossetian: Эрмитаж
  • Panjabi: ਦ ਹਰਮੀਟੇਜ
  • Persian: آرمیتاژ
  • Persian: ارمیتاژ
  • Persian: موزه آرمیتاژ
  • Persian: موزه ارمیتاژ
  • Persian: موزهٔ ارمیتاژ
  • Persian: موزه هرمیتاژ
  • Persian: هرمیتاژ
  • Polish: Ermitaż
  • Portuguese: Hermitage
  • Portuguese: Museu do Ermitage
  • Portuguese: Museu do hermitage
  • Portuguese: Museu Ermitage
  • Portuguese: Museu Estatal Hermitage
  • Portuguese: Museu Hermitage
  • Romanian: Muzeul Ermitaj
  • Russian: Гос. Эрмитаж
  • Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж
  • Russian: Императорский Эрмитаж
  • Russian: Эрмитаж Императорский
  • Russian: Эрмитаж
  • Scots: Hermitage Museum
  • Serbian: Državni ermitaž
  • Serbian: Ermitaž
  • Serbian: Госуда́рственный Эрмита́ж
  • Serbian: Државни ермитаж
  • Serbian: Ермитаж
  • Serbian: Музеј Ермитаж
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ermitaž
  • Slovak: Ermitáž
  • Slovenian: Ermitaž
  • Spanish: Ermitage
  • Spanish: Hermitage
  • Spanish: Museo del Ermitage
  • Spanish: Museo del Hermitage
  • Spanish: Museo Hermitage
  • Swedish: Eremitaget
  • Tamil: எர்மித்தாஷ் அருங்காட்சியகம்
  • Tamil: ஏர்மிட்டேச் அருங்காட்சியகம்
  • Tatar: Эрмитаж музее
  • Tatar: Эрмитаж-Казан
  • Thai: Hermitage Museum
  • Thai: Hermitage Palace
  • Thai: State Hermitage Museum
  • Thai: พระราชวังแอร์มิทาช
  • Thai: พระราชวังเฮอร์มิทิจ
  • Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์แอร์มิทาช
  • Thai: พิพิธภัณฑ์เฮอร์มิทิจ
  • Turkish: Ermitaj Müzesi
  • Turkish: Hermitage Müzesi
  • Turkish: Kışlık Saray
  • Ukrainian: Державний Ермітаж
  • Ukrainian: Ермітаж
  • Ukrainian: Імператорський Ермітаж
  • Uzbek: Ermitaj
  • Veps: Ermitaž
  • Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Ermitage
  • Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Ermitazh
  • Vietnamese: Bảo tàng Hermitage
  • Waray (Philippines): Museo nga Hermitage
  • Welsh: Amgueddfa Hermitage
  • Welsh: Hermitage
  • Western Armenian: Էրմիթաժ
  • Wu Chinese: 埃尔米塔日博物馆
  • Yakut: Эрмитаж
  • Yue Chinese: 冬宮博物館

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