St. Michael’s or Engineer Castle, the largest architectural monument, the final story themselves Petersburg architecture of the XVIII century. Its name Mikhailovsky Castle obliged the occupants temple of Archangel Michael, the patron saint of the Romanov dynasty, and fad Paul I, who took the title of Grand Master of the Order of Malta, called all its palaces “locks”; the second name – “Engineering” comes from there is since 1823 the Chief Engineering School....
Spaso-Preobpazhensky sobor (the official name – Cathedral Preobrazheniya Gospodnya entire Guard) in St. Petersburg -. Pravoslavny Temple St. Peterburgskoy and Ladozhskoy diocese Russkoy Pravoslavnoy Church on Preobrazhenskoy area Postroen s projects by Stasov in 1829 godu on the site of an earlier temple. . The monument of classical architecture never close to bogosluzheniya; in 1920 – 1940 in Semidetached periody nahodilsya run by different “obnovlencheskih”...
Palace Bridge is one of the most recognizable symbols of the city. It connects the central part of the city and the Vasilevsky Island. The length of the bridge, 250 meters long, 27.7; consists of five proletov.Most pyatiprolёtny metal with an adjustable span between. Regular flights of two-span covered with metal riveted truss girder of a continuous system, with curved zones. When wiring the bridge balances fall into the wells of support, which are located at a depth of 6.0 meters below the...
Impersonation power and greatness of the state of the Navy, as well as a reference to the ancient Roman custom of decorating the columns rostra defeated enemy ships. Rostral columns were erected in 1810 and in the XIX century functioned as beacons port of the northern capital. Inside each tower is a spiral staircase leading to the upper terrace with a huge bowl-lamp and a metal tripod that holds it. In a bowl filled hemp oil, which gives a huge pillar of fire, showing the way the ships in the...
Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps -. One of the largest military museums in the world in More bastion of the fortress began to collect interesting and rare instruments. Over time, the meeting marked the beginning of the collection of the museum svoremennogo while nosiv name Zeughaus. The date of foundation of the museum is considered to be 1756. Since 1868, the museum is housed in the former Arsenal, which is now. Until 1965, he was called Artillery historical...
Defender Russia in three wars, a member of the revolutionary events of 1917, and now a museum. His legendary past and present symbolic “Aurora” attracts attention, which truly deserves. The cruiser was launched in 1900 in St. Petersburg. He participated in the Tsushima naval battle of the Russian-Japanese war. Back on the Baltic Sea, the cruiser plied long as a training ship of the Marine Corps. During the First World War, the cruiser was involved in the fighting in the Baltic Sea....