Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
CHUR
CHURCCH
LUTHERAN CHURCH
(Nevsky pr 22; 9am-7pm; Nevsky Prospekt)
Tucked in a recess between Bolshaya
and Malaya Konyushennaya uls is the lovely Lutheran Church that was built for St
Petersburg's thriving German community in the 1830s. Distinguished by a four-
column portico and topped with a discreet cupola, it was turned into a swimming pool
in the 1950s (the high diving board was placed in the apse) - but is that worse than
using it to store vegetables, as it had been since the 1930s? The church is open to vis-
itors, having since been restored beautifully.
HIST
HISTORIC
ORICAL B
AL BUILDING
UILDING
GOSTINY DVOR
Gostiny Dvor)
The arcades of Gostiny Dvor department store stand facing the clock
on Dumskaya ul, which was the seat of the prerevolutionary city government. One of
the world's first indoor shopping malls, the 'Merchant Yard' dates from between 1757
and 1785 and stretches 230m along Nevsky pr (its perimeter is more than 1km long).
This Rastrelli creation is not as elaborate as some of his other work, finished as it was
by Vallin de la Mothe in a more sober neoclassical style.
which has never really recaptured the pre-eminence it enjoyed in Soviet times. Oppos-
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(1749-57), another noble town house by Rastrelli. From 1810 it was
the most elite military school in the empire and it's still used as a military school for
young cadets. The palace is occasionally opened for concerts and such, details of
which are posted out the front.
MMUSSEUUM
BRODSKY HOUSE-MUSEUM
Iskusstv 3; adult/student R200/100; 11am-6pm Wed-Sun; Nevsky Prospekt)
This is the
former home of Isaak Brodsky, Repin's favourite student and one of the favoured
artists of the revolution (not to be confused with Joseph Brodsky, one of the least fa-
vourite poets of the same regime). Besides being a painter himself, Brodsky was also
