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Loft Rizzordi Art Foundation

Loft Rizzordi Art Foundation Loft occupies the area of ​​the former malt house on the street Kurland, 49 (4000 “squares”!). The brick array, designed by architect E. Jurgens in 1875, belongs to the clearest examples of the architecture of St. Petersburg of the second half of the 19th century. Loft spaces allow display in St. Petersburg the most current modern world-class projects, many – for the first time. And, do it – in full – with a large exhibition space,...

Theater St. Petersburg Opera

It is the only building in our city entirely devoted to this art form. It occupies a historic mansion of Baron von Derviz home with a rich history. The building was originally planned as an apartment house, but the new owner decided to alter in the then fashionable style of ” Empire ”. After immigration Baron in Paris and the sale of all its assets to the mansion was attached two more floors, but in 1910 it was reconstructed and built there the theater ” House of...

Faberge Museum

It is the largest private museum in Russia, which is world famous Faberge eggs. It exists only through the generosity of Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, who in 2004 acquired a collection of Russian jeweler of kings, eggs made the whole team of artists on the occasion of the most important events in the life of the royal family -naprimer egg ” Coronation ‘was presented to Nicholas II to Alexandra Fyodorovna after conclusion braka.Pomimo eggs, visitors can see the...

Museum of Road Transport

He is the successor of its previous Emperor of the carriage museum, located in the same building. Therefore, the exact date of its founding is not known by anybody, but consider the proposed mid-19th century, when it was built for the needs of a separate building, and there has been presented in the public domain exposition sled, carriages, harness and hooves, up to gilded. With the advent of the Bolsheviks to power all the coach had to bring to Moscow, and the building itself Zana training...

House Museum Chistyakov

The museum allows you to become better acquainted with the teacher the greatest painters of the early 20th century. It was created in 1987 as a branch of the Academy of Arts, but this wooden building was in a sorry state, because it was built in the middle of the 19th century! But the house was restored and returned to the original elegant appearance, which Chistyakov worked and lived for more than 40 let.Zdes addition to the permanent exhibition of his creative path, arranged musical evenings...

The building of the Main Staff

The building of the Main Staff-ring closes in the Palace Square, the Winter Palace creating neperedovaemoe sense of integrity. Construction of more than half a kilometer of the building lasted 10 years, from 1819 year. In addition to the above staff, there were also military, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Finance. With the advent of the headquarters of the Soviet regime took the People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs and the police station. During the blockade, it is not much...