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Monument to Peter I
Monument to Peter I

Monument to Peter I in the Peter and Paul Fortress is one of the most memorable king-founder of St. Petersburg. The idea of ​​creating such a monument sculptor Vladimir Vysotskiy- suggested he promoted the mask created yet Rastrelli. Initially, all parts of the body are proportional, but later corrected their author to be more like an icon, like deifying king. The monument was cast in bronze in 1991 and was first met with nastrozhennostyu residents of the city, but now there was a...

Water tower Obukhov factory
Water tower Obukhov factory

Built this industrial monument was in 1898 their second unofficial name -. Pristrelnaya, Water Tower has received for the reason that some time has been used to adjust the sights of artillery pieces, which were produced at the Obukhov factory on the opposite bank of the Neva. The tower has six sides, which taper upwards. Facade Pristrelnoy tower qualitatively plastered and remarkable in that it has a gothic elements in an eclectic style. It is true a small medieval castle among the modern...

Museum of bread
Museum of bread

Museum-the only bread in Russia and around the thirteenth in the world. It was founded in 1988 as a private company, but 5 years later became gosudarstvennym.On reflects the role of this product in human life, evolved after him songs and epics, he dedicated planting and harvest festivals. The current exhibition shows the full path of the origin of bread from prehistoric times to the present day, its production and consumption, especially in St. Petersburg. The different rooms can be seen as...

Palace embankment
Palace embankment

Palace Embankment is probably the most famous in our city, because that is where are concentrated all the most important sights of St. Petersburg. She appeared in the early 18th century and was then called Upper. Houses in this area were built according to the ranks, the higher it is, the more dom.Sputsya 50 years old pier and the promenade began putting granite on order of Catherine II, but most area is being built around the time of the Winter Palace is not much followed, so everywhere there...

Derzhavin Museum
Derzhavin Museum

Derzhavin museum is his house, garden and greenhouse. It was restored for the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg and the exhibition was opened at 16 of its rooms, which were present, including items from the personal wardrobe of the poet. From the late 18th to early 19th centuries, his mansion was focused throughout the secular life of the city, there is a monthly meeting held fans of Russian literature. Subsequently, he was given spiritual board at the residence of the archbishop, and in the...

State Museum of Urban Sculpture
State Museum of Urban Sculpture

It opened in 1939 and, since that date, actively filled by individual exhibits and objects of cultural heritage. In 1930 part of the tombstones Smolensk Armenian cemetery was moved to the museum. Since the 30-ies in the management of the museum passed a number of historical sites, including sites on the territory of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Since the beginning of the 1970s. as part of the museum there is a restoration workshop in stone. According to the order of the mayor of St. Petersburg...