Center presents the work of renowned masters of Russian and foreign photographers. Addition exhibited as works of young talented artists in these pictures close to the genres of contemporary art such as video art, photo installation, animation, experimental films. Important direction in the activity of ROSPHOTO are exhibition and research projects that address not only the exposition, but also scientific problems, to create a monograph examining the photo in volume historical and artistic...
Foundry Avenue, connects the eponymous bridge and the main road of the city. He is one of the oldest in the city and is named after the cast house, created by Peter I in 1711. In the first years of its existence it mainly zasilyalsya workers from the factory and all the buildings were constructed of wood, was beside the labor exchange for podnevnyh workers, and in connection with a high mortality Mariinsky hospital was built. In the early 19th century, part of the avenue was named Vladmirskim...
Neva, the main water artery of the city and the only river flowing from Lake Ladoga. Its name comes from the Finno-Swedish peoples who inhabited these lands before, and it means ‘swamp’. Neva width of 400-600 meters, in the delta reaches kilometer depth ranges from 4 meters in Ivanovo thresholds to 24 in Foundry Bridge. Most famous for the river for its floods, which occur due to the westerly winds blow up the water in the Gulf of Finland and thus raise the level of the river. Due...
This is the second temple, after the laurels dedicated to this saint and national hero. At this point in the early 13th century there was a chapel dedicated to the victory over the Swedes in the Battle of the Neva. After several hundred years already Peter I erects a wooden church here, but after it burned several times by lightning, at the end of the 18th century stone church was built by the believers, then warmed and expanded by an attached refectory and bell tower. In Soviet times it...
Not far from the cruiser “Aurora” is the same name concert hall at the metro station Lenin Square are a club that can offer its viewers 2 concert halls, a total capacity of 1150 guests.; brewery, where you can drink a beer zhviogo; restaurant and self-interest groups on stage and high-quality equipment. Not long ago, the club has been updated, so the new technology is good to hear of visitors, and to raise the image of the club owners are doing everything possible to act by...
Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge striking in its lightness and delicate bays, seemingly weightless. It was built relatively recently, in the early 20th century, because it strongly opposed the construction of the cabbies, who did not want to lose profits from the traffic. After 10 years after the announcement of the competition last bridge was built, it produced parts for the Petersburg Metal Works. It is a classic three-span bridge, with the central part of the adjustable length of about 50 meters, the...