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House of Scientists, or former palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, the oldest scientific intelligentsia club. The building was built for the Duke in the second half of the 19th century, stylized Italian palazzo. All interior spaces have been decorated in different styles: Crimson-living style of the Italian renaissance, following it, in the style of Louis XVI, then there was a dining room in the style of English Gothic. After the overthrow of the tsarist regime, it was decided to give...

Initially passage represented a quarter of the street, overlain by a transparent roof made of metal and glass. First passage were shops Shchukin yard at the corner of Sadovaya Street and University, but this name was fixed only for one building in our city. Construction began in 1848, and even then there are two floors of shops, and the third was adapted for residential purposes, and a cellar for storage of products have been installed. Besides shops there are placed all sorts of...

Twelve Colleges building built in the mid-18th century specifically to house the government agencies. The project is the most convenient form of the building was chosen as emperor by the plan all structures have to work close to each other, is also planned to divide the whole Vasilevsky Island on ralichnye on spheres activity blocks. Until the late 19th century was a huge area, which ends in front of the Stock Exchange, but in the early 20th century there Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology...

Stock Exchange building, built for business development and trade seaport, it was considered not very successful, and has long been used for various needs. Therefore, built in 1730, the building is not suitable for those canons, by which the whole city should be kept in one architectural style and each house its façade to reveal their functional significance, was demolished. The new exchange was built only half a century later, when Russia has become a strong maritime power, which was...

Created by the Pavlovsk Palace Charles Cameron in the 80s of the 18th century. After coming to the throne of Paul I Pavlovsk declared a suburban residence of the Imperial Palace erected on the bank of the river Slavyanka on a popular type of Italian country villa with its crowning dome, but also the general scheme of the building resembles a Russian country estate:. To the central body adjacent the open colonnade The main facade of the palace is framed by semicircular arcades and wings...

Planning for the development of the Vasilevsky Island, which now houses the exhibition center, began in 1910. Before the 1917 revolution, there were going to build a building for the Academy of Sciences. In the future, the construction is scheduled grand exposition of the International Exhibition of Inventions and improvements. However, these projects have not been implemented because of the difficult political and economic situation in the country. Again about the idea of ​​the creation...