European Heritage Days celebration in St.
Petersburg 2006
The 15th anniversary of
the European Heritage Day was celebrated 2006 in St. Peterburg. Since its origin, this joint
action of the Council of Europe and the European
Commission has steadily spread across all the signatory
states to the European Cultural Convention. Once a
year, in 49 countries with a total population of more
than 800 million, the EHDs offer a chance to celebrate
the unity and diversity of a shared cultural heritage
which is one of Europe’s most distinctive features.
Tthe key event of the European
Heritage Days in 2006was held in St. Petersburg, an emblematic city where cultures meet and where
creative and performing artists from very different backgrounds come together. The Russian Government’s
invitation to host the launch of the European Heritage
Days in St. Petersburg was part of the official programme of the Russian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s
Committee of Ministers and reflected the importance
which the Russian Federation attaches to cultural
heritage and its meaning for Europe and its people....
(based on joined welcome letter by Mr Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Mr Jan Figel, Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism )
Tsarskoje Selo in winter
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Peterhof Palace and Park
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St. Petersburg views, 2003-2006
Ice Palace building event in St. Petersburg
Hermitage side
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Bath House side
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Sleeping
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Dining room
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Entrance Hall
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Entrance
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4 February 2006
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Neva Borders at minus 19 Celsius
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White Nights 24-Hour Powerboat Race, 2 July 2005, St.Petersburg
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Sweden's National Day event in St.Petersburg
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The Savior on Spilled Blood
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The Dvortzovaja Square
The Dvortzovaja Square, Java viewer
The Dvortzovyj Park
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The Marmurnoj Palace
The Marmurnoj Palace, Java viewer
The Petropavlovskaja Fortress
Tzarskoje Selo, The Catherine Palace,
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Winter view, Quick Time
Narva 2003
Castles on Narva borders, plain pano
Tallinn 2003
Ice Palace Event, February-March 2006, St. Petersburg
A replica of the original Ice Palace from 1740 has been mounted on Dvortzovaja Ploschtjad near Hermitage Palace by the team of 14 ice-art masters led by famous ice-sculptor from St. Petersburg, Valerij Gromov (www.icestudio.ru)
The replica has been build according to the original descriptions of Prof. G.Kraft from St.Petersburg Academy of Science which worked with original project 1740. This event was dedicated to the victory in Turkish war. Ice building on Dvortzovaja Ploschtjad was in these times part of carnival tradition. Ice art belongs also the Russian national tradition. In XVIII Century Russian ice artists worked systematically with design plans and drawings for ice sculptures and buildings.
Current composition consists of the main house with 3 rooms decorated with ice sculptures and ice furniture, the bath, 2 elephants sculptures, 6 small canons and many smaller sculptures surrounding the palace. There are 22 sculptures all together.
The carnival events consisted of parades, baths, and weddings. Now, after more than 100 years long break, these traditional events was revived in February and March 2006.
The pictures were caught during 25 minutes long press release on 8th February 2006 (at minus 22 °Celsius).
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© Jacek Gancarson, 2006