History of the Botanical Garden has its roots in 1712, when from Moscow to St. Petersburg on Crow Island moved Apothecary order. This establishment zavedalo all medical and pharmacy business. In 1714 Peter I established Pharmaceutical Garden, where grown herbs and unusual plants, and the island became known as Crow Aptekarsky. By 1823 the number of unique and exotic medicinal herbs so increased that the Apothecary Garden was transformed into the Imperial Botanical Garden. Despite the great...
The history of the theater dates back to the late ’80s, when the center of the Leninsky district youth appeared not numerous troupe of free actors first performance of the young actor’s team was destined to become a classic of Italian comedy drama of Eduardo De Filippo -. “Incantesimo”. The performance consisted of 3 small pieces, played out in front of the spectators wandering comedians. Skill young artists immediately won the love of the audience. Thus on 25 December...
It was opened on the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. BKZ “October” was built in 1967. It is characterized by simple, modern look, harmoniously fit into the classical ensemble of the ancient Petersburg. Hall made the project a group of architects led by A.V.Zhukom, was originally planned as an analogue of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, and its main purpose should have celebration meetings, city events and screenings. However, since the opening in the Concert Hall has...
Home Trade Association “Brothers Eliseev.” – Building on the corner of Nevsky Prospect (the house 56) and Malaya Sadovaya street (Building 8) in St. Petersburg, a monument to the early modern architecture house was built in 1902-1903 by the architect Gabriel Baranovsky Vasilvichem for colonial goods store trade associations’ Eliseev Brothers’ ‘. The building stands out against the background of classical architecture Nevsky Prospekt its stained glass...
Singer House, also known as the Book House, a six-storey building with a loft in a modern style, with an area of about 7000 m? Built in 1902-1904 by the architect Pavel Suzor for “joint stock company in the Russian Singer”. The project was innovative and technical design, and style, and for other purposes. Initially, the company management ” Singer ”, which produces sewing machines, wanted to build a skyscraper, like the one that is being built now in New York: a...
It was originally the palace of Peter and nazyvavlsya Red chorus. Facility was built in 1703 by unknown builders, carpenters, material began to pine forest, decorated according to the type of Swedish wooden houses and painted under a brick. Peter House is not only the first residential building of St. Petersburg, but the only surviving structure from the days of a tree .. first protective gallery was built by the order of Peter I in 1723 on the project of Domenico Trezzini. Later, in 1844, she...