Mikhailovsky Manege
| Zimniy Stadion Mikhailovsky Manège |
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| Михайловский манеж (Зимний стадион) | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Saint Petersburg |
| Address | Manezhnaya Square, 6 |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Coordinates | 59°56′11″N 30°20′22″E / 59.93639°N 30.33944°ECoordinates: 59°56′11″N 30°20′22″E / 59.93639°N 30.33944°E |
| Construction started | 1798 |
| Completed | 1800 |
| Renovated | 1824 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 4,356 square metres (46,890 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Vincenzo Brenna |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect | Carlo Rossi |
| Other designers |
V.Demuth-Malinovsky S.S.Pimenov |
| Other information | |
| Seating capacity | 2000 |
| Website | |
| http://www.restec.ru/manezh.ru.html | |
| References | |
| object # 7810640007 | |
Michael Manege (Mikhailovsky Manezh; Russian: Михайловский манеж) is the Neoclassical building of an early 19th-century riding academy in the historic center of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was converted into an indoor sporting arena in 1949 and was renamed Zimniy Stadion (Russian: Зимний стадион, lit. "Winter Stadium").
Similar to the neighboring Mikhailovsky Castle and Mikhailovsky Palace, the name "Mikhailovsky" comes from the Archangel Michael, a heavenly patron of the House of Romanov, the ruling dynasty of the Russian Empire in 1613–1917. "Manège" is French for "riding academy", since the area was originally used as a dressage area for horses of the imperial cavalry. The square in which the monument sits is called Manezhnaya Square (Russian: Манежная площадь).
The history of Manezhnaya Square and the Mikhailovsky Manège dates to the 1730s, when a Persian shah, Nader, who signed a treaty with the Russian Empire in Ganja in March 1735, sent an elephant as a gift to the Russian empress, Anna of Russia, the niece of Peter the Great. To keep that gift alive, an "elephant yard"—actually, the first zoo—was built on what is today Manezhnaya Square. Very soon, a "beast yard" (Russian: зверовой двор) for other animals was put nearby, along with a greenhouse to grow plants to feed them.
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