In 1775-1779 St-Anne’s Lutheran Church was built in Saint-Petersburg according to the plans prepared by the architect Yuri Felten. In fact, Kirochnaya street was name after this kirche. The Church was operating till 1936. Then, a cinema was opened in its place. Religious service restarted there in 1992 but a big fire almost destroyed the building 10 years later. So, Annekirche was only partially restored by the end of the 2000s. At present, interesting exhibits and musicales often take...
Catherine II offered this palace to Platon Zubov that was her favourite. Later on, it was the count Alexey Bobrinsky, a royal bastard, who came into possession of the palace and his descendants owned it till the revolution broke off. In the late XVIIIth century the ancient building of the palace on Galernaya street was rebuilt and it now faces Galernaya street as well as the Moyka river and Admiralty channel embankments. At present, the faculty of free arts and sciences resides in there. The...
Some St. Petersburg courtyards are mysterious places! In the center of a courtyard there is a sculpture group which represents 12 zodiac signs and reminds of The Stonehenge … Each sign has its own column. People have named this place the yard of the zodiac, and it is quite popular among those who are into mystical stories Some locals say that one of the columns (Sagittarius) suddenly once disappeared for a short while to come back out of the blue. These columns are belived to be fortune...
Композиция “Рука творца”была подарена кантоном Тичино в честь 300-летия Петербурга. Открытие прошло 7 июля 2003 года около Выставочного зала Музея городской скульптуры (Чернорецкий переулок, дом 2).Автор композиции – швейцарский скульптор Наг Арнольди. Скульптура...
Italian architects in St. Petersburg Busts four Italian architect Antonio Rinaldi, Carlo Rossi, Giacomo Quarenghi and Bartolomeo Rasstrelli appeared on the Manege Square in St. Petersburg in 2003 thanks to the sculptor VE Gorev and architect V. Popov. It was a gift of the Government of the Italian Republic and the municipality of the city of Milan to the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. architects Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, Antonio Rinaldi, Giacomo Quarenghi and Carlo Rossi, improved...
The park of contemporary sculpture on the street of Truth Sculptures – Agitator, Blind, Three Angels, good dog the street of Truth in 2005 is “Contemporary Sculpture Park”, which integrates several sculptural works, some of which are quite bizarre agitators Sculpture “agitator” ( “Organizer” or “Director” – this alternative name probably due to the location opposite the Saint-Petersburg Institute of Cinema and Television),...