Villa Bezborodko-second building in St. Petersburg, after the Marble Palace, marble. In the area near the source of mineral water in 1784. The house was built for the Chancellor Bezborodko, although the basis for the Swedish home design has been taken in the Gothic style, which I was here earlier, even before the founding of St. Petersburg. In addition to the three-story mansion is also a garden with canals, statues and pavilions. After the Chancellor’s death, his niece lived here then,...
St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral is a magnificent monument of Baroque, built in the mid-18th century. Choice of location for the construction of the cathedral were not sluchen- around the barracks Navy Department, and there were several channels through which you can move around, Griboyedov, the Fontanka and the Kryukov . The building consists of two churches in the bottom and top (freestanding tower); they contain more than a dozen of images, donated by Catherine II in honor of the Russian fleet...
Erarta Museum opened in St. Petersburg in 2010 He became the first Russian non-governmental museum of contemporary art. Erarta has become an important platform for novice artists. The main idea of the museum – to bring to the broad masses of previously unknown works, show the young talents. All that has been created since 1945 is considered a modern art until today. The museum is in favor of freedom from all sorts of rules, giving unlimited room for creativity and self-expression....
Modern domestic arts of St. Petersburg gathered on Pushkin Street. Since 1989, since then, as a “free” artists, musicians and other creative figures have settled there in one of the unoccupied house to this day there is this creative organization. Teaming up first to the Fund “Free Culture” – a public organization, now behalf of the partnership – they have finally decided to stay in this place, making it a center for contemporary art...
The first building of the Finland Station was built in 1870 for the Finnish railway linking the capital of Finland. The road was built in the years 1862-1870 to the station Rihimyaki. In the early twentieth century the way the Finland Station was renovated. road level was raised to five meters above street level, so as not to interfere with the movement of the street. at Finland Station April 3, 1917, he arrived home from his exile Vladimir Lenin. The memory of that day on the square in the...
One of the five existing stations in St. Petersburg and one of the four stations, taking long-distance trains. Originally was called Nicholas. Building was built in the years 1847-1851, and was a “twin” of the Leningrad railway station in Moscow. In 1868, due to significantly increased flow of passengers building Nicholas station rebuilt. Added two-storey outbuilding for receiving luggage, the right wing of the building was connected to the royal chambers. In 1898 from Ligovsky...