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  • 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).

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  • Holy Sign Hotel

    The construction of a railway line between Moscow and St Petersburg and the Nicholas Railway Station led to the creation of a large square outside the railway terminus. The plan was adopted (February...

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  • Foundry

    One of the first industrial enterprises in the city. Founded on the left bank of the River Neva (1711). Construction of a wooden cannon foundry was headed by engineer Georg Wilhelm de Hennin and then...

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  • Arsenal

    The first arsenals were built in the Peter and Paul Fortress, Admiralty Fortress and on Kronstadt (1703–05). Engineer Georg Wilhelm de Hennin designed the Foundry on the left bank of the River Neva (...

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  • Horse Guards Manège

    Exercise houses or manèges were intended for training the infantry and cavalry in cold weather and built for guards regiments and military academies. Giacomo Quarenghi built an exercise house for the...

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  • Guards Headquarters

    Built by Alexander Brullov (1837–43). Housed the organisation known as the Guards Command Chancellery (late 18th century), Guards General Staff (1817) and Guards Headquarters (1828). Alexander Brullo...

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  • Exercise House

    Built by Vincenzo Brenna for military exercises in cold weather on the site of the former house of inventor Andrei Nartov (1797–98). Partially reconstructed by Alexander Brullov when building the Gua...

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  • Little Hermitage

    Includes two pavilions joined by a hanging arch. The northern pavilion was designed by Jean-Baptiste-Michel Vallin de la Mothe and built by Georg Friedrich von Veldten (1764–75). Used for the Hermita...

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  • Old Hermitage

    Built by Georg Friedrich von Veldten (1770–87). Giacomo Quarenghi designed the Raphael Loggia running along the Winter Canal (1787–92). The first floor was an exact copy of the gallery with Raphael’s ...

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  • Lithuanian Castle

    Pentagonal building with seven round turrets. Built by Ivan Starov at the intersection of the River Moika and the Kryukov Canal (1783–87). Quarters of the Cavalry Guards Regiment (from 1797), Lithuan...

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