27. |
St. Isaac's Cathedral, north side of Isaac Square, not far from the Bronze
Horseman. The worlds third largest church after St. Peter's in Rome and
St. Paul's in London. The first church on this site was built during the
foundation of the city. The present church is the third or fouth in sequence
and was designed by Auguste Ricard de Montferrand, whose designs had impressed
Alexander I. Work began in 1818 and after numerous problems with the foundation
(20.000 tree trunks were used to firm up the ground) it was consecrated
in 1858. Red granite and grey marble exterior. Interior employs numerous
kinds of marble, precious and semi-precious stones, 43 minerals, 200 mosaics-known
as "museum of Russian geology." Paintings by Briullov and Bassin.
Now a museum with access to the gallery by the cupola for a good view of
the city. Photo: Gitta Hammarberg 1986. |
28.  |
Cast iron bridge railing & granite embankment, the Moika canal. Features
typical of Petersburg and frequently evoked in the literature. Photo: Gitta
Hammarberg 1991. |
29. |
Cast iron railings, canal view. Similar to many perspectives in the
literary works of especially Gogol and Dostoevskii. Photo: Gitta Hammarberg
1991 |
30. |
ACM students by the Griboedov canal on Dostoevsky walking tour. Photo:
Gitta Hammarberg 1998. |
31. |
Griffin Bridge over the Griboedov canal-formerly Catherine canal. This is
one of the canals that figures prominently in the works of Gogol and Dostoevskii.
Photo: Gitta hammarberg 1998 |
32.  |
The Summer Garden Gateway on the left bank of the Neva, opposite from the
fortress. Laid out on Peter the Great's instructions as a formal baroque
garden with a summer palace and some small pavillions and lots of Italian
17th- and 18th century statuary as several fountains. Originally the site
for summer dances, fireworks, and various celebrations and promenades by
"the respectably dressed" section of society. Photo: Gitta Hammarberg
1991. |
33. |
The Summer Garden. 17th and 18th century Italian statues. Photo: Gitta Hammarberg
1991 |
34. |
St. Isaac's park. Lamppost--one of the numerous decorative cast iron ornaments
that adorn St. Petersburg. They used to be gas lights and the figure of
the lamp lighter figures in Petersburg literature, e.g. "Nevskii Prospekt"
by Gogol. Pjoto: Gitta Hammarberg 1986 |
35 |
Derzhavin's Palace on the Fontanka near the Izmailovskii bridge where
so much of the action in Dostoevsky's "The Double" takes place.
In the background is the Trinity Cathedral built between 1827-35 by Stasov's
design. This is the church where Dostoevsky was married to his second wife,
Anna Grigorevna Snitkina. Photo: Gitta Hammarberg 1991. |
36. |
One of the fashionable old palaces along the Fontanka canal. Gavrila
Derzhavin's home where he organized one of the early literary circles for
high society. Derzhavin was one of the foremost poets of Catherinian Russia.
Photo: Gitta Hammarberg 1991. |
37. |
The Resurrection Cathedral at the Smolny Monastery. 1748-64, Rastrelli,
decoration later by Stasov 1832-35. A cast iron railing designed by Stasov
separates the cathedral from Rastrelli Square. Five domes, central dome
on a two-storeyed drum between four dome topped towerd. Elaborate baroque
with clusters of columns and pilasters, ornate stuccor window surrounds.
The first school for noble girls was established in the smolny Monastery
by Catherine the Great in a building erected in 1806-08 by Qwuarenghi. Photo:
Gitta hammarberg 1987. |
38.  |
Chesme church on Lensovet St. near Moscow Victory Park. Commissioned
by Catherine the Great in 1773, built in 1777 by Yurii Velten. Typical four
apse church but with unusual Western spires. 18th-century Russian Gothic
style. Part of a palace complex which originally served as a staging post
on the journey from Petersburg to Tsarksoe Selo. Commemorates the Russian
victory over the Turks in 1770 and is now a Naval Museum. Photo: Gitta Hammarberg
1991 |
39. |
Pastel street scene in center of Petersburg-typical "fancier"
street. Photo: Gitta Hammarberg 1991 |
