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Bronze Horseman

In 1766, Étienne-Maurice Falconet, a French sculptor and professor of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in Paris, was invited to Russia by Catherine the Great to work on a statue of Pet...

Cathedral of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin

The Cathedral of the Dormition of the Holy Virgin (also known as the Church of the Saviour on Hay) was built in the Haymarket (1753–65). The church had two main side-chapels – Chapel of the Three Pre...

Haymarket

The Haymarket ( Sennaya Ploschad ) occupied the plot of land on Sadovaya Street between Spassky and Tairov Lanes. One of the busiest squares in St Petersburg, it was created by cutting down a tract o...

Kronwerk

External fortifications defending the Peter and Paul Fortress from the north. Originally consisted of a bastion and two half-bastions joined by courtines and surrounded by a moat with water and earth...

Nevsky (Lvov) Gates of the Peter and Paul Fortress

Gates in the Neva Courtine of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Erected (1703), rebuilt from stone (1747–48). Facade looking onto the River Neva was designed in the Neoclassical style by Nikolai Lvov (178...

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).

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