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House with tower
House with tower

It is through the tower of the house has become a monument of history and culture. He became famous through his tenants in the attic, a professor of philology Vyacheslav Ivanov and his spuruge Zinov’eva-Annibal.V 1905-1913 years is visited by many famous writers and poets who came to the famous literature professor environment. Usually they were reading the works of unknown poets and discussion, so it is here became famous Anna Akhmatova and her first poem said Alexander Blok. After the...

Warsaw Station
Warsaw Station

With Varashvskogo station longer trains since 2001 year. Today, it is the trade and entertainment complex ” Warsaw Express ”, in addition to it there is a museum of railway equipment. The station was the third after Moscow and Tsarskoye Selo. The building itself was built in 1860 and was a whole range of different buildings for the needs of the station. Since he was the only international train station is not allowed to delay for more than five minutes, even for the aristocracy....

Loft Project Floors
Loft Project Floors

The first in our city loft is located in the former Smolny bread-baking plant. Here are 5 fairground clothes gallery, workshops, café and hostel. Fashion for the creation of such projects came to us from New York, where people of creative professions settled mostly in attics and lofts, lofts. The project ” Floor ” tried to keep all the parts left over from the old times, old pipes, tiles and even seven-mukohranilische. In addition to the usual activities of the loft is also...

House Laval
House Laval

Laval House was built on the site of the former mansion of Menshikov, the first stone of the building of St. Petersburg. It was erected by the architect Eropkin, also known as the creator of the three main (at the time) highways of the city, directed to the Admiralty. The building several times changed their owners, while Prince Voronikhin not rebuilt it, adding another floor, increasing the overall length and adding a portico with columns. Finally, it falls into the hands of Laban, who...

House Muruzi
House Muruzi

House of Alexander Dmitrievich Muruzi was at that time one of the most expensive cost of construction, 800 thousand rubles. In its place until the middle of the 19th century there was a wooden house, surrounded by a garden in which the novel Dostoevsky’s ” The Idiot ” lived General Yepanchin . The building was built for the prince in the Moorish style, but also conceived as an apartment house, so it consisted of 57 apartments and 7 shops. The owner lived in the same house,...

Apartment Museum Pavlov
Apartment Museum Pavlov

The museum is open to the centenary of the famous scientist, but the exposure is maintained so well that it seems, the landlord is still alive. It is located in the building, laid on the orders of Peter I for employees of the Academy of Sciences. Many famous scientists lived here, but only Ivan Pavlovich was awarded the honor of the museum-apartment, which occupies three of the six rooms, living room, study, bedroom, dining room, keeping all the collection of books, letters, insects collected...