RUSSIAN CULTURE
On Vasilyevsky bridge it goes to Birzhevaya Square, to the Rostral Columns, and on the other hand to Mytninskaya Embankment, which reaches the Peter and Paul…
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The construction began in 1842, the nascent crossing was called the Nevsky Bridge. Her project was created by Stanislav Valerianovich Kerbedz.
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The Peter and Paul Fortress, founded by Peter I in 1703, is a monument of fortification art of the 18th-20th centuries.
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The museum was founded in February 2006 by the participants of the creative association «Mitki», under the patronage of the Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko …
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The Academy of Arts, or the «Academy of the Three Noble Arts» (that is, painting, sculpture and architecture), as it was originally called, was established by …
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The Alexander Column (Pillar of Alexandria) was erected on August 30, 1834 in the center of Palace Square by the architect Auguste Montferrand, commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I.
Along with the palace complex, an integral part of the Tsarskoye Selo imperial residence are parks, first of all, the main ones are Catherine and …
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One of the first and most famous bridges in St. Petersburg is Anichkov Bridge. Of the three crossings crossing Nevsky Prospekt, the bridge over the Fontanka with its …
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Today, the pedestrian Bank Bridge on the Griboedov Canal is one of the most recognizable tourist sites in the city. This is one of the three suspension bridges of St. Petersburg, preserved to our time…
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The construction of this bridge across the Neva was begun in 1909 and completed at the end of 1911. Before the revolution, the bridge was called the «Bridge of Emperor Peter the Great» …
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