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Mansion of Nikolai Chicherin

Built possibly by Savva Chevakinsky (1768–71) on the site of the temporary wooden Winter Palace of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna designed by Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli (1755). The plot of land was p...

Mansion of Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Le Blond

Built by Jean-Baptiste-Alexandre Le Blond (late 1710s) as his own personal residence (1717). A residential block was built in its place (1798), partially used by Paul Jacquot when designing the Dutch ...

Mansion of Ivan Betskoi

Built by Vasily Stasov (?) for Ivan Betskoi – diplomat, public activist, statesmen, president of the Imperial Academy of Arts and founder of the Foundling Hospital and Smolny Institute (1784–87). Fam...

Mansion of Gavriil Golovkin

Home of the first Russian chancellor Gavriil Golovkin (1720s). Inherited by his son Count Mikhail Golovkin. After his arrest, the building housed the Hofintendant Office and then palace choir singers ...

Mansion of Count Nikolai Saltykov

Built by Giacomo Quarenghi for the merchant Philipp Grootten (1784–88). Catherine the Great bought the house and presented it to Count Nikolai Saltykov as a reward for educating her grandson Grand Duk...

Hermitage Theatre

The Hermitage Theatre at 32 Palace Embankment was built by Giacomo Quarenghi, who designed the auditorium in the form of an ancient amphitheatre (1783–87). Constructed on the site of Peter the Great ...

Alexandrinsky Theatre

The Alexandrinsky Theatre was designed by Carlo Rossi (1828–32) and opened on 31 August 1832. The building is decorated with quadriga on the attic of the main facade and muses in the niches sculpted ...

Palace Square

Main square in the city. Named after the Winter Palace on the north of the square. Originally part of Admiralty Meadow, lying between the bastions of Admiralty Fortress and Meadow (Millionnaya) Stree...

Alexandrinsky Square

Created on the territory between Nevsky Prospekt, Anichkov Palace, Alexandrinsky Theatre and the Imperial Public Library (1830s). Mikhail Mikeshin’s monument to Catherine the Great was installed in t...

Trinity Square

Formed on Petersburg Island near the Peter and Paul Fortress (early 18th century). Centre of St Petersburg (until 1730s). Accommodated Gostiny Dvor, Customs House, market (until 1710), Austeria Inn, ...

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