Large Gostiny Dvor, a monument of history and architecture of the XVIII century, in the past -. Central wholesale Gostiny Dvor, from the beginning of the XX century-store Located in the historic center of St. Petersburg, took block between Nevsky Prospect (house number 35), Sadovaya Street , street of Lomonosov and Perinnaya line in the building faces the metro station ” Gostiny Dvor ”. The forerunner of this was the Gostiny Dvor Gostiny Dvor in Zelnogo bridge when a fire in 1738 it burned down, it was decided not to restore the old building and build a new Gostiny Dvor closer to the edge of the city. Retail space Gostiny Dvor up 13,000 m ?, while the whole complex area of the department store buildings – 78 000 m ?. Seating yard continues to be the largest department store of the city. The building is owned by the Ministry of Culture RF.Nyne are the products of more than 3 000 companies, 170 thousand species and about two million units of various goods. Every day in the largest shopping center in Northwest Russia and Scandinavia make the purchase of 300 thousand customers.