Age sphinx has more than 3.5 thousand. Years. They are carved from syenite near Thebes Egypt for Pharaoh Amenhotep III. The heads of sphinxes made a portrait of the pharaoh. Unfortunately, sphinxes repulsed chins and covering their beards. When loading one of the sphinxes not stood the ropes and he fell, shattering into pieces mast and board the ship. Also, there was a deep mark on the rope on the face of the sphinx, but the subsequent restoration it was removed. Buying sphinx in St....
Here you can get acquainted with the Upper Light Petersburg society during the heyday of the Peterhof road. A tour of the manor house, you will learn about the people who made up the first dictionary of the Russian language, and some interesting discoveries of modern scientists regarding history of St. Petersburg. Only in the “Museum Night” guests will have the opportunity to visit the central part of the estate Kiryanovo. First mistress of the manor was the famous Princess...
Park area in the center of St. Petersburg. At the beginning of the XVIII century on the west side of the Summer Garden there was empty land, bearing the name “comic box” or “Big”, and later “Tsaritsyn meadow.” On this meadow, military parades were held. In the years 1798-1801 there were built sculptures generals PA Rumyantsev (architect VF Brenna), and AV Suvorov (sculptor M. Kozlovsky). In 1818 Rumyantsev obelisk moved to Vasilevsky Island, but for the...
He stole seven times, but again and again he returned. The house number 6 on the embankment, which is located near the monument, from 1835 to 1918 was the Imperial College of Law, students who were dressed in green uniforms with yellow tabs and cuffs . Soglasnoizvestnoy Petersburg legend, for the color of his uniform, resembling plumage siskin, as well as the traditional reindeer-fawn hat students college became known as “finch-fawn». The idea of the monument has occurred to...
Museum “icebreaker” Krasin “was created in 1993 ship was built in 1916 -.. 1917 and until 1927 was called” Svyatogor “was assigned to the port of Arkhangelsk, and in 1918, sunk at the mouth of the Northern Dvina with. to prevent enemy ships in the port of Arkhangelsk. After that was raised and towed to Great Britain as a war trophy. in 1921, thanks to the efforts sovetsvkogo envoy LB Krasin bought from the British. After the death of Krasin icebreaker named after...
This building is a pinkish-red shades have long gained fame thanks to the mystical ” area doubles’ It was here, according to tradition Empress Anna Ivanovna before his death saw his double, as Prince Vyazemsky saw himself sitting at the table and something writing. At the end of the 18th century princess Beloselsky acquired a small stone house on the corner of Nevsky and the Fontanka, but then decided to demolish it and build a three-story mansion in the Baroque style. His long...