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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, ...

River Moika

Flowed out of a swamp near the Field of Mars (early 18th century). Joined to the Anonymous Creek to the south of the Summer Garden (1711). Originally called the Mya after the Izhorian word for “mire....

River Fontanka

Source of the River Neva known as the Anonymous Creek (until 1712–14). Intersects the city centre. Flows out of the River Neva at the Summer Garden and back into it to the north of Gutuyev Island. So...

Kryukov Canal

Dug between the River Fontanka and the River Moika by Semyon Kryukov (1719–20). Named the Kryukov Canal (1738). Granite embankments were built (1801–07). Section between the River Neva and the Admira...

Griboyedov Canal

Originally called the Catherine Canal. Created at the suggestion of engineer Illarion Golenischev-Kutuzov, who presented Empress Elizabeth Petrovna with a project for a “canal for saving the inhabita...

Winter Canal

Canal from the River Neva to the River Moika. Dug by Vasily Ozerov to drain the plot of land earmarked for the Winter Palace of Peter the Great (1718–19). Granite embankments and three granite bridge...

Upper Swan Bridge

Built at the same time as the granite embankment of the River Neva (1767–68) on the site of the wooden drawbridge (1720s) across the Swan Canal joining the River Neva and the River Moika. Designed by...

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