Narva Art Gallery

Estonia


Spread over three floors of a 19th-century gunpowder storeroom on the Gloria bastion, Narva’s art gallery has an interesting collection, including paintings amassed by 19th-century collectors Sergei and Glafira Lavretsov.


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