#hermitage palace

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Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA

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Temple of sun, Hermitage, Bayreuth, Germany,

Frank Burchert Photography

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Winter palace interiors

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UNREAL

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Winter Palace St. Petersburg

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📍 Hermitage Castle, Scotland

Hermitage Castle is a semi-ruined castle in the border region of Scotland. The castle has a reputation, both from its history and its appearance, as one of the most sinister and atmospheric castles in Scotland. • In 1320, the area was held by William de Soules, a man so widely despised that there are 2 stories about his death. • One myth has it that he was boiled alive in molten lead by locals after inflicting a reign of terror on the neighbourhood. In another, he died a prisoner…

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St. Petersburg: Winter Palace and Hermitage

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Hermitage Museum, Hall 227 - Raphael Loggias

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The Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, RUSSIA

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Grand Princess Maria Alexandrovna's Bathroom, 1850s,

Winter Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia,

Water color by Eduard Hau,

Height: 35.3 cm (13.8 in); width: 24.2 cm (9.5 in)

Courtesy: Hermitage Museum

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Nicholas II Gothic library, Winter Palace

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My new biggest flex is that I’ve seen the originals of these two paintings in real life

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What should be done with royal palaces and the like after revolution? Obviously any extant monarchies will be abolished but I'm curious what you think should be done with the stuff they leave behind

Hi! In the vast majority of cases, as far as I'm aware, the palaces and castles of monarchs were turned into public places for cultural purposes, such as the Winter Palace becoming the Hermitage Museum, its first exposition was on the history of the October revolution, and the private rooms and such were open to the public so they could see the wealth the Tsars had accumulated. Throughout the Soviet era, the emblems of the Tsars and other objects were gradually removed and dispersed to museums throughout the country.

Unless there is a very pressing need to reuse the materials with which these properties are decorated and built, I don't see any reason to blow them up or demolish them or remove them in some way. Palaces specifically are places with a lot of room and usually well communicated, they are ideal for those cultural purposes as well as for the sake of not forgetting the absurd concentration of wealth monarchies accumulate.

In North Korea, for example, although this isn't specifically about the property of a monarchy, they opened the various resorts and villas for the recreational use by the Korean people:

Nonetheless the North Koreans have the right to feel proud of their achievements. In one respect they can claim to surpass their Chinese brothers – their well-equipped social insurance. The Japanese had more health resorts and summer villas in Korea than in China and the present Department of Labor has taken them over. The North Koreans have also a larger amount of publicly owned industry than the nearby Chinese, for Korea was highly industrialized by the Japanese.

In North Korea: First Eye-Witness Report, Anna Louise Strong, 1949

And I think this should be the attitude that has to be taken towards the more lavish properties of the old bourgeoisie/imperialists/monarchy, of putting that wealth in service of the workers whenever possible. Revolutions don't create a blank slate, we are forced to build upon what remains of what came before. And ultimately, it's the workers who should decide what to do with these vestiges of the past. If the workers of Leningrad preferred the Winter Palace to be a museum, who can criticize them? It's not like it brought the Romanovs back ;)