The Historical Society building at Pereulok Grivtsova, 10 and often hosts exhibitions and lectures for all visitors. Russian Geographical Society, founded back in 1845 by Nicholas I, to this day carries out research, expeditions, performing popular science activities, and also organizes exhibitions geographical focus. So his goal since the opening – the study of the native land, people, collection of various statistichskih and other details – remain the same, sometimes acquiring...
Interactive museum LabirintUm with his entertaining and informative tours exhibition attracts visitors totally different ages. Museum offers to smash his head on the charade of various levels of difficulty, and at the same time is willing to involve young guests to the basics of the various sciences, including physics. Museum It is not far from the Botanical garden and is positioned as a center of entertaining science. In it, more than 80 items and 7 different thematic areas. Also important...
Apart from Leningrad Zoo and the St. Petersburg okeonariuma, animal lovers can also visit the city Dolphinarium. At the same time visitors and residents have the opportunity to watch a show with dolphins and by a dip in the cool water and go into direct contact with these amazing animals. For swimming, lasting 30 minutes, provided the wetsuit and the number of people in a group is equal to the number of dolphins Dolphinarium is located on Krestovsky Island at the Constantine prospect, 19. The...
Church of the Savior on Waters, is dedicated to the sailors who died in the Battle of Tsushima during the Russian-Japanese war. It was consecrated in 1910 on the territory of the Novo-Admiralty Plant. The temple was built as a kind of Old Slavonic churches in the 12th century and consisted of two parts-the top (in the name of Gethsemane struggles) and the bottom (in the name of St. Nicholas). When decorating used mosaic icons, gold brocade, on the outer walls are inscribed the names of all the...
St. Mary’s Church, another Lutheran parish, created especially for the Finns, who lived in our city. In 1734 Empress Anna Ivanovna gives even then united community Swedes and Finns of land for the construction of the Grand Stables of the church. The first church was a cruciform shape and wooden, but after the division of the Finns communities began to build a stone church at 2400 places in the classical style. Also, there were several attempts to build a large building or at another...
Church of the Annunciation, one of the oldest in our city. It was built in 1750 instead of the wooden church, standing on the same spot. According zhelananiyu customers, merchants Chirkina building had to be similar to the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, but construction was delayed for ten years; Later it was annexed chetyrehyarusnaya bell tower height of 42 meters, which is still the highest on Vasilyevsky Island. In the middle of the 19th century the church was transferred to the...