Gulf of Finland, part of the Baltic Sea and the natural attraction of our city. Since the beginning of the 6th century it was great by sea, the bay lay part of the famous way ” from the Vikings to the Greeks ”. Later, the water area became a place of trade the Hanseatic merchants and the main means of income in Sweden. The Gulf of Finland is quite melokovoden, especially in its eastern part, which is also called ” Marquis puddle ” in honor of the Secretary of the Navy...
Chapelle -pavilion on the edge of the Alexander Pushkin city park that was built from 1825 to 1828 years structure is an artificial ruin made in the Gothic style. The main part of the construction, attracting attention, yavlyaetya square tower, connected by a wide arch on the other half-ruined tower. The windows Shapel earlier multicolored stained glass windows were installed that emit the Gothic style, and stained glass windows showing scenes from the Bible. Inside the pavilion were...
Chaliapin House Museum is another branch of the Museum of Theatre and Music The exhibition can be divided into two parts. One is dedicated to life and work of the famous singer (including his belongings and theatrical costumes) and the other shows the life of opera houses in XVIIIth to XXth century. The museum itself was opened in 1975 in the apartment where the singer lived the last years before the exile. After World War II all his property moved to the Theatre Museum and the apartment...
In the south-eastern outskirts of the Catherine Park erected monumental iron gates. Reason for their construction in 1817 is Russia’s victory in the Patriotic War of 1812. At the gates of the inscription – “Courtesy of my colleagues”, belonging to Emperor Alexander I. Of the three choices of materials – pudostskogo stone, granite and cast iron – the last project was approved. The appearance of the majestic structures, including four pairs of cast-iron Doric...
Fyodorovsky town is a complex of buildings located in the town of Pushkin on the Academic Prospect in Fermskogo Park. Originally built sosdavalis home for clergy and employees Fedorovsky Sovereign’s Cathedral. Complex is now the Patriarchal representation. It is managed by the Dean of the Tsarskoye Selo Deanery. Also called “Fyodorovsky town” is often used to refer to all buildings in the complex Fermskom park. Performed in the style of the XVII century buildings are there...
This very young museum was founded in 1997 by a well-known circus artist Vladimir Deryabkin. Traveling to different countries on tour, he managed to gather quite an impressive collection of more than 300 exhibits, which are separated through the halls of the first-in-history of their origin, where you can see the prototype of the first plate-wax cylinders, exhibits of the early 20th century, which still play a variety of melodies, music boxes and other exotic items that Deryabkin found...