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View of the Winter Palace from the Admiralty
Ferdinand Victor Perrot
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Admiralty Square
Ferdinand Victor Perrot
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View of Palace Square from Nevsky Prospekt
Gabriel Ludwig Lory (the Elder)
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The windows of the living apartments in the projecting
south-western part of the palace provided a view of the Admiralty
(1806-23, architect: Andreyan Zakharov) where sailing ships were built
until 1844. A boulevard with three alleys was laid out around its
perimeter in place of the earthwork ramparts and moat. The majestic
building rising to a gold spire and sailing-ship weathervane became
the centre of a tremendous ensemble of central squares: Palace, Senate
and Admiralty. Three great streets radiated from the Admiralty - Voznesensky
Prospekt, Gorokhovaya Street and the imperial capital's main thoroughfare,
Nevsky Prospekt. The palaces of the St Petersburg aristocracy, rich
mansions and churches of different confessions were built on Nevsky.
It was further adorned by the Gostiny Dvor and Passage shopping centres,
the Public Library and the Alexandrinsky Theatre. Fashionable coffee-houses
and restaurants were located here too. |
