Filling an entire block, it bears all the whimsy and ornamentation of the baroque period, and statues line its roof edges like divers about to plunge into the Neva.

• 冬宫占了整整一个街区，浸淫着巴洛克时代特有的奇想和虚饰。房檐上一字排开的雕像似乎就要纵身跃入涅瓦河中。