Manege
Encyclopedia
Manège is the French
word for a riding academy
. As a loanword in Russian it is Manezh (Манеж).
It may refer to any riding school, riding arena or exercise rectangle, or specifically to:
or, also with the spelling "Manezh", to one of the following:
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
word for a riding academy
Riding academy
A riding academy or riding center is a school for instruction in equestrianism, or for hiring of horses for pleasure riding.At the time of the Napoleonic Wars large buildings were constructed for them, like Moscow Manege, Mikhailovsky and Konnogvardeisky maneges in St Petersburg....
. As a loanword in Russian it is Manezh (Манеж).
It may refer to any riding school, riding arena or exercise rectangle, or specifically to:
- the Salle du ManègeSalle du ManègeThe indoor riding academy called the Salle du Manège was the seat of deliberations during most of the French Revolution, from 1789 to 1798....
in Paris, France
or, also with the spelling "Manezh", to one of the following:
- the Konnogvardeisky Manege in St. Petersburg, Russia
- the Mikhailovsky Manege in Petersburg
- the Moscow ManegeMoscow ManegeMoscow Manege is a large oblong building which gives its name to the vast Manege Square, which was cleared in the 1930s, adjacent to the more famous Red Square...
in Moscow, Russia - Manege SquareManege SquareManezhnaya or Manege Square is a large pedestrian open space at the heart of Moscow bound by the Hotel Moskva to the east, the State Historical Museum and the Alexander Garden to the south, the Moscow Manege to the west, and the 18th-century headquarters of the Moscow State University to the...
, in Moscow and St.Petersburg