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Lopukhinsky garden
Lopukhinsky garden

Located on the island of Apothecary, it is hidden from the eyes of passers-by for the spreading branches of trees; it is actively used for image kinogruppy historical films. It is located on the site of the last attack on the Swedes had not yet unfinished Petersburg, later pitched here garden with plants for pharmacists, which is why the island got its name. Then this part of Prince departs Lopuchin that breaks deer park and built a mansion. In 1848, this is the place to buy lesotorgovets...

Trade House of the Guards Economic Society
Trade House of the Guards Economic Society

Trade House of the Guards Economic Society, the biggest supermarket in our city, which is known for the majority of St. Petersburg acronym EBRT. The land on which the building stands, it belonged to Volyn, who built a hotel there, but in 1907 it bought a small business economic Guards obschestvo.Iznachalno It planned to build only one-story building, so the second floor, or the Small hall was much worse on the quality of performance. In 1918, the first supermarket was opened here, and a few...

Apartment house Lidval
Apartment house Lidval

Apartment house Lidval-attempt to create the most living space of a few houses in the early stages of the existence of St. Petersburg. Initially a single site was eventually bought by different owners and was built up according to their needs, wooden buildings side by side with the plant. Therefore, it was decided to erect several buildings, united by a common roof. The whole composition is distracting from the usual yard-wells, it deployed the front yard to the street facades are not...

Palace Duke Alexei Alexandrovich
Palace Duke Alexei Alexandrovich

Palace Duke Alexei Alexandrovich is not like the strict classical Russian emperors locks. Surrounded by a high fence and facing away from the waterfront, it is noticeable only when approaching all-decorated columns, rings, garlands and a tower with a steep spiral staircase. The building itself was built in the late 19th century for the Grand Duke already an adult, he tried to arrange inhospitable home, make it a family. Almost all the rooms are made in different styles, rococo, renaissance,...

Nicholas Palace
Nicholas Palace

In just a few years before his death, Emperor Nicholas I ordered to erect the front residence to his third son -. Nicholas choice fell on this place largely due to the fact that recently a number of permanent bridge across the Neva Annunciation was built It was supposed to arrange. competition for residence drawings, which even managed to give NL Benoit, but then the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty has chosen to work Shtakenshnejdera project. Construction of the project were the architects...

Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
Kronstadt Naval Cathedral

Marine Nicholas Cathedral was conceived as a monument to all Temple-ever dead sailors. Plans for the construction of the Cathedral in Kronstadt arose as early as 1830, but permission to collect donations for the construction of the temple was received only in 1897. It was decided to build a temple in Anchor Square, formerly occupied the old anchors and let your space and organize around the cathedral and the park area for processions. One of the conditions was the construction of the dome...