SOUTHERN FACADE OF SUMMER PALACE PETER I
In a post “Leafing through the binder of old newspapers”, published on May 26, the question was raised: “What mistake was mad [...]
FENCING BY I.A. KRYLOVA
FENCE AT THE MONUMENT I.A. KRYLOVA IN THE SUMMER GARDEN The correct answer is a monument to I.A. Krylov was surrounded by a m [...]
MONUMENT I.A. KRYLOV
GARDENS OF THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM IN ART WORKS SUMMER GARDEN One of the first images of the monument to Ivan Andreevich Krylov in [...]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ST. PETERSBURG
Exactly 317 years ago, the construction of the Peter and Paul Fortress began, and this is considered the date of foundation o [...]
SHEET BINDING “PALACE OF PETER I”
March 13, 1971 in the newspaper "Evening Leningrad" published an article "In the Summer, at the Palace", by B. Metlitsky. Tra [...]
LUISEANIA OR ALMONDS OR DRAINING?
In the publication about the flowering Mikhailovsky Garden, we already mentioned this beautiful plant. Among gardeners, it is [...]
MONUMENT TO FATHER KRYLOV
On May 24 (May 12 according to the old style), 1855, the grand opening of the monument to Ivan Andreevich Krylov took place i [...]
COFFEE HOUSE
On the territory of the Summer Garden, on the site of the current Coffee House, there was the Grotto pavilion, built in 1714- [...]
FIRST SUMMER GARDEN BUILDER
It was Ivan Matveev (Ugryumov), such a double spelling of the name of this master builder in historical literature was formed [...]
THE ACCIDENT IN THE MIKHAILOVSKY GARDEN
On the night of May 20-21, a tree fell from gusts of wind near the entrance to the garden from Sadovaya Street. The large, ol [...]