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Title Proper/Title Text
Padiglione della Russia mailed to Pontevedra - Buenos Aires

Related Protagonists

• Shchuko, Vladimir Alekseevič

Date of Publication/Creation Date
1911 ca. (dated July 17, 1911 on the verso)

Inscription Language
Italian (Language), Spanish (language)

Related Built Environment Objects

• Pavilion of Russia

Descriptive Note Text

This postcard captures the brghteness of the Russian Pavilion framed between the blue sky and the water of the River Po, with the turrets of the Rocca Medievale in the back. The Pavilion of Russia was designed by Russian architect Vladimir Alekseevič Ščuko. Neoclassical in style, the Pavilion featured 12 exposition rooms, where Russia displayed traditional and industrial products, an enormous collection of statues and bronzes, and also some furniture from the Royal Palace of Saint Petersburg.

Current Repository/Geographic Location
Cristina Della Coletta Private Collection (San Diego, USA)

Current Repository Numbers
CDC-PC-PRUS-0001