Tickets Now On Sale for Faberge: Treasures From the Kremlin At Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art.Lifestyle/Photo/Art Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 2002 Exhibition to Feature the Moscow Kremlin The Moscow Kremlin (Russian: Московский Кремль) is a historic fortified complex at the very heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the south), Saint Museum's Most Celebrated Faberge Easter Eggs The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art today placed tickets on sale for Faberge: Treasures from the Kremlin, a landmark exhibition of more than 100 of the world's finest World's Finest may refer to:
The exhibition will open to the public on August 30, 2002, and will run through January 26, 2003. The name of Peter Carl Faberge embodies the romance and splendor that was Imperial Russia. Born in St. Petersburg in 1846, he is considered one of the greatest craftsmen in history. At the end of the 19th century, his firm was sought after by crowned heads and wealthy elite the world over. But his greatest legacy was the exquisite objects he created for the Emperor of Russia. Many of the extraordinary gifts commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II Nicholas II, pope Nicholas II (c.1010–61), pope (1058–61), a Roman named Gerard, b. Lorraine, France; successor to Pope Stephen IX. A strong proponent of papal reform, he issued (1059) the Papal Election Decree in an effort to minimize political for his beloved wife Alexandra will be presented in this exhibit, including a selection of Faberge's most beloved creations, the Imperial Easter eggs. Among them is the greatest and most ambitious of all the Imperial Easter eggs, the Moscow Kremlin Egg. Constructed of gold, silver, onyx onyx (ŏn`ĭks), variety of cryptocrystalline quartz, differing from agate only in that the bands of which it is composed are parallel and regular. , and enamel the egg represents the Uspenski Cathedral where the Tsars of Russia were crowned, surrounded by a miniature recreation of the Kremlin wall Kremlin Wall refers to the defense wall that surrounds the Moscow Kremlin, recognizable by the characteristic notches and its Kremlin towers. History One of the most symbolic constructions in Russia's history can be traced back to the 12th century when Moscow was founded and made of solid gold. Also included in the exhibition are the Trans-Siberian Railway
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