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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...
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 ...