Lantern on the Isaakievsky square

details  Walking in St.-Petersburg — attention to decor of bridges at the Engineering Castle. Lattices of fencings, elements of lampposts — all is penetrated by military subjects. These are spears, swords, boards, helmets etc.. As it is wide replicated detail — head of Medusa that should frighten off evil ghosts, evil spirits, ... →

Isaakievsky square — the town-planning formation most later — in system of ensemble of central squares. Definitively the — Idea of its device was generated — in the beginning of XX century S.I.Chevakinsky still in 1762

In 1760 here is put ... →

Lantern  Variety of lanterns in Petersburg admires the visitor of northern capital and pleases the Petersburger. They decorate avenuees and avenues, gardens and parks and, certainly, serve as the integral elements of furniture bridges. Light of a street lantern bewitches the passer-by, gives ... →

St.-Petersburg is based in 1703 to year.

coast of the Neva delta from of old were a part of the earths of Great Novgorod. Neva — one of sites of an ... →