First Cameron Gallery his model refers to the ancient idea of being of contrasts. First floor of its heaviness contrasts sharply with the bright light and the second floor, decorated with light and elegant colonnade and busts, embodying the ancient heroes. Outside the gallery you can get , climbing the stairs, designed by Cameron with amazing ease. This monumental staircase at its sides decorated with statues of Hercules and Flora. Top Cameron Gallery opens wide views, it is the jewel...
The tower and the entire complex of buildings surrounding it were built in 1821-1827 by the architect A. Menelaws At the base of the White Tower were erected knights sculpture depicting an Englishman, Frenchman, German and Russian -. At that time, representatives of the Allied Powers. Around the tower it was equipped garden, surrounded by an earthen rampart and encircled by a moat. To enter the territory of the artificial ruins in the form of the ruins of a medieval castle. Height Towers...
Alexander Palace was founded in 1792 by decree of Empress Catherine II he presented as a gift for the wedding of her favorite grandson, in the future -. Emperor Alexander I, with Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alekseevna. In May 1796, the final year of the reign of Empress Catherine II, the palace construction was completed, and 12 June 1796 Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich and his wife moved there. Project Alexander Palace belongs to the hand of the famous Italian architect George. Quarenghi. The...
Place vzrostivshee many prominent Russian actors and creators In 1949, the 150th anniversary since the birth of Alexander Pushkin, in Tsarskoye Selo in the former Imperial Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum -. One of Russia’s first quarter of the most prestigious educational institutions XIX century (pledged by the Emperor Alexander I in 1811 for the children of noblemen) – was opened memorial Museum-Lyceum. Pushkin studied there from 1811 to 1817. Here the future poet gained vernyh friends, to...
Museum of the History of Religion, unique in its kind, since few are taken to work in this category, but still managed to assemble a collection, numbering more than 180 thousand. Pieces. Initially, he thought the Soviet authorities as a kind of propaganda of atheism, so his first place accommodation was Kazan Cathedral. But the museum staff, naoboorot, conducted educational activities among the people, to explain the complex evolution of religious beliefs and cults, as well as preserving the...
Nienschanz archaeological museum dedicated to the excavations at the site of the present St. Petersburg. It was opened in 2003, to the tercentenary of St Petersburg, it presents findings that show the history of the peoples who lived here in the pre-Petrine times. The very exhibition is divided into two parts, permanent and temporary, permanent introduces visitors to the archeology of the city, and the time-all significant events that occur in the world of art. Entrance to the museum free for...