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|Palace|Custom1|O:54|. In 1726 - 27, it was considerably 
enlarged. In 1732 the architect B.Rastrelli began 
the construction of the third Winter Palace 
facing the Neva and |Palace Square|Custom1|O:116|. In 1754 - 62 
he rebuilt it radically and created a new 
monumental building - the fourth Winter Palace 
existing now, which by far exceeds all the  
previous ones both in size and in the splendor of