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n. A temporary structure, similar to a small palace or castle, made from blocks of ice.
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An ice palace or ice castle is a castle-like structure made of blocks of ice. These blocks are usually harvested from nearby rivers or lakes when they become frozen in winter. The first known ice palace (or, rather, ice house, ледяной дом in Russian) appeared in St. Petersburg, Russia and was the handiwork of Empress Anna.
The Ice Palace (Russian: Ледовый Дворец, Ledovy Dvorets) is an arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built for the 2000 IIHF World Championship and opened in 2000. It holds 12,300 people.
The Ice Palace is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena for SKA St. Petersburg. It hosted the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. It is also used for concerts, exhibitions and as a skating rink.
Cher, Sting , Jennifer Lopez , Placebo, and Fall Out Boy have performed at the Ice Palace.
The Ice Palace is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Cherepovets, Russia. It was open in 2007. It replaced Sports-Concert Hall Almaz as the home of Russian ice hockey team Severstal Cherepovets.
Ice Palace is a 1960 motion picture adapted from Edna Ferber's 1958 novel of the same name. The film, directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Richard Burton, dramatized the debate over Alaska statehood. Alaska had become a state in 1959.
Ice Palace is an action-adventure game designed by Paul Norris and published by Creative Sparks for the Commodore 64 in 1985. It is unrelated to neither 1984's Commodore 64 game Ice Palace by K-Tel International nor to 1988's Beyond the Ice Palace. The game tells the story of a crown prince's quest to break an evil spell, save his land, and avenge his father. It was mostly well received by critics but failed commercially.
Usage examples of "ice palace".
It was a small stream, but as it froze, more water had bubbled and frothed over that which was already frozen, growing the area into an ice palace.
He cast a dubious eye over the grimy frosted layers of the Ice Palace and hoped he could get a fairly decent room there.
Suddenly he found that he was shivering, and he realized that what had kept the interior of the Ice Palace warm was not a furnace or any heating plant, but Spanish Lace, who had used a tiny portion of her abilities to keep the molecules of air in constant motion, spinning them fast enough to make the temperature habitable.