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Loft Rizzordi Art Foundation
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
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
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
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
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...

Senate square
Senate square

Senate Square is known for that here there was a revolt of the Decembrists. It was created in 1704 as part of the space around the Admiralty. Began to be called so after he moved here from the Senate building Twelve Colleges. Gradual, and the area became built up to take the form familiar to us. In 1825, there were about three thousand of the rebels who refused to swear allegiance to the new king, the revolt was brutally suppressed by the officers deprived of all privileges and sent to...