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Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square (view from the Winter Palace). At the centre of the square one sees the Alexander Column (1830-34; archtect: August Montferrand, sculptor: Boris Orlovsky). The height of the monument (47.5 m) includes 25.6 m of the granite monolith.
On the other side of the square one sees the General Headquarter building (1819-29; architect: Carlo Rossi). Its arch is surmounted by the Chariot of Nika (Victory goddess); sculptors: S. S. Pimenov and V. I. Demut-Malinovsky.
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