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Narva Triumphal Gates

The Narva Triumphal Gates commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon’s army (1812). They were originally built from wood by Giacomo Quarenghi and decorated by Ivan Terebenyov (1812–14). The gates ...

Tuchkov Wharf

Complex of hemp warehouses including three stone buildings. Built on the small island of the same name by Antonio Rinaldi (1763–72). The canal dividing Tuchkov Wharf from Petersburg Island was filled ...

Rostral Columns

Built by architect Jean-François Thomas de Thomon (1805–10). Designed to serve as lighthouses with lanterns at the top in the form of cups on tripods and to underline the importance of the Stock Excha...

Cabinet Wing of the Anichkov Palace

Giacomo Quarenghi built a new wing for His Imperial Majesty’s Cabinet on the site of the wooden colonnade in front of the Anichkov Palace (1803–06). His Imperial Majesty’s Cabinet was founded to over...

Pavlovsk Railway Station

Concert hall at the railway station in Pavlovsk. Built by François Rusca and Heinrich Stackenschneider (1836–44). Russian and foreign performers gave musical concerts there in summer (from 1838).

Nicholas (Moscow) Railway Station

Built by Konstantin Thon (1844–51). The two-track railway line between St Petersburg and Moscow – the largest engineering project in the world at that time – was the country’s second railroad after t...

Provincial Government House

Built by Giacomo Quarenghi (1788–90). Partially reconstructed by Andrei Mikhailov (1803). Reconstructed by Karl Anderson for housing the city’s mayor and police (1876).

Police Chancellery

Built by an unknown architect for Prince Vasily Dolgorukov (1710s). Housed the Police Chancellery (from 1720). Partially rebuilt by Mikhail Zemtsov (late 1730s). Tower added (1750s).

Grotto in the Summer Garden

The Grotto in the Summer Garden was based on a project by Andreas Schlüter, a German sculptor and architect invited to St Petersburg by Peter the Great (1714). After his death, construction was heade...

Anichkov Palace Pavilions (Rossi Pavilions)

Built by architect Carlo Rossi and sculptor Stepan Pimenov (1817–18). Adam Menelaws and Carlo Rossi created the iron railings around the palace garden (1817–18), allegedly based on a design by King Fr...

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