Architecture

Sadovaya street

Sadovaya Street, one of the main thoroughfares of the city, which is primarily located in the famous Gostiny Dvor her. It received its name Izz to the large number of gardens that were at the homes of wealthy gentlemen. During its existence it has changed several names: Intercession, Broad Street, 3rd July. The modern look she got thanks to many small traders and merchants, come here because of low prices for housing and relative proximity to the center, thanks to them, we now have markets...

House city offices

The house was built in the years 1904-1906 (architect. A.L.Lishnevsky). The building is intended for offices of the Town Council. Built in an eclectic style, the basic elements are in the Art Nouveau style and the English Gothic. Inside the buildings – an oval courtyard. Bay windows, towers and spiers crowned by a high corner tower. On Spitz building there are three figures of...

Area Rebellion

This is one of the first sights you see tourists arriving in St. Petersburg by train. Before the October Revolution it bore the name of Znamenskoye, in honor of the church, which stood on the site of today’s metro hall. It was dismantled in 1941 and now only a label reminiscent of bygone days hanging on the building. The church was the first building constructed on even the nascent area, and only later came the railway station and the four-storey hotel with the same name, now the ”...

Mertens House

This building stands out among the others, stoyuschee in the neighborhood, with huge stained glass windows. It was built for the firm FL Mertens’ Mechs in the neoclassical style and the use of the latest technology of the time-monolithic reinforced concrete kostruktsii. A huge sign, which is preserved from those times, reminding the owner of the house, merry drinkers and where he lives; also allegedly neighbors on the road were painted arrows to facilitate the finding and newsagents...

Kolobov House on Sand embankment

The house belonged to timber merchants brothers Nicholas and Theodore Kolobov. Built in 1889-1890, 1913-14. Arch. Nikolai Filippovich Romanchenko. Nikolay Kolobov was a famous collector of books, and in his library kept handwritten copies of works by Russian classics. The building is in the eclectic style, decorated with turrets and glazed tiles. The facades of many details. Inside the building is preserved stucco, stoves, fireplaces and staircases, restored some...

Academy of Arts

The luxury building on the University Embankment was designed in 1763 professor of architecture of the St. Petersburg Academy of JB Vallin de la Mothe. The main facade of the monumental building overlooks the waterfront, adjacent to it are four “shell” forming round the courtyard. This is one of the first buildings in St. Petersburg, designed by printsype classicism. The entrance portico is decorated with statues of Hercules and Flora – copies of ancient statues. The Academy...