Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya
Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya | |
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Гостиница Ленинградская | |
General information | |
Type | Hotel |
Architectural style | Stalinist |
Location | Komsomolskaya Square, Moscow, Russia |
Coordinates | 55°46′26.44″N 37°39′6.23″E / 55.7740111°N 37.6517306°E |
Completed | 1954 |
Opening | 2008 |
Owner | Hilton Worldwide |
Management | Hilton Hotels & Resorts |
Height | |
Roof | 136 m (446 ft) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 21 (of which 19 are usable) |
Lifts/elevators | 4 (of which 3 are for guests and 1 for staff) |
Website | |
Official website |
The Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya (
The staircase features one of the longest lighting fixtures in the world—it was once in
The hotel includes a restaurant, bar, lounge, spa and beauty salon, fitness centre with swimming pool,
The hotel joined the Hilton Hotels chain in 2008[3] after completing a restoration and renovation.
Architectural and design features
In the 1930s, a new architectural style began to take shape in the Soviet Union, later called the "Stalinist". One of the characteristic features directly dictated by the Soviet government were borrowings from the culture of previous epochs. This position of the authorities was not a recommendation, but a must: "serious shortcomings in the mastering [by architects] of the cultural heritage of the past show little attention to the national heritage, to the Russian architectural classics, to national and folk art". This attitude led to the appearance of the Leningradskaya Hotel project, which was implemented.[4]
The influence of medieval Russian architecture was more evident in the exterior design of the building than in other Stalinist skyscrapers. Contemporaries noted that the white-red-gold colouring of the walls "recalls the favourite colours of ancient Russian architecture", the central section is stylistically close to the Kremlin towers. The main entrance is designed in the form of a terem porch. It is decorated with multi-cornered cornices, fanciful pediments, hanging weights and pinnacles.[5] The ribs and emblem of the octagonal spire, the rosettes between the pylons and the orbs on the obelisks are covered in gold.[6]
The stylistic
References
- ^ "Bonhams : SOVIET SKYSCRAPER—HOTEL LENINGRADSKAYA".
- ^ Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel factsheet, Hilton Hotels, retrieved 12 February 2012
- ^ "Interstate Hotels & Resorts Opens Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel; First Hilton Brand Hotel in Russia's Capital City / August 2008". Archived from the original on 2016-05-20. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ISSN 2073-6355.
- ^ "История, историко-культурное значение и современное использование наследия советской архитектуры: гостиница "Ленинградская"". cyberleninka.ru. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ^ "Гостиница "Ленинградская" (ныне - "Хилтон Москоу Ленинградская")". 2017-10-27. Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ISSN 1997-0935.
- ^ "Дом-легенда: гостиница "Ленинградская"". www.admagazine.ru. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 2021-08-09.