Saint Michael’s Castle
A fortress-like imperial palace built in 1797–1801 for Emperor Paul I, this anomalous residence combines French, Italian and…
A fortress-like imperial palace built in 1797–1801 for Emperor Paul I, this anomalous residence combines French, Italian and…
For roughly fifteen years before the First World War, Saint Petersburg developed its own reading of Art Nouveau,…
Quarenghi's 1804–07 Greek Revival riding hall on Saint Isaac's Square, later an NKVD garage, now Saint Petersburg's main…
The oldest surviving church in St. Petersburg, consecrated in 1740, with five golden domes built to commemorate Peter…
A merchant-funded Kazan cathedral from 1722, prized as one of Russia's finest Naryshkin Baroque churches, blending oriental touches…
A Quarenghi-designed Neoclassical mansion on Saint Petersburg's Palace Embankment, home to the Saltykov family, Austrian and British embassies…
One of Russia's oldest theaters, opened publicly in 1859 by merchant Franz Schechtel and now named for actor…
A Baroque merchant church that once dominated Sennaya Square, demolished in 1961 under Khrushchev's anti-religious campaign; only a…
An early 20th-century residence in Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, designated as a cultural heritage object for its historical significance…
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