Tourist attractions of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) - Year 1977 -

Building of the Academy of Sciences


Building of the Academy of Sciences
Building of the Academy of Sciences
Building of the Academy of Sciences: Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya, 5.

One of the earlier structures of the city built in 1783—1789 along strictly classical lines by architect D. Quarenghi. On the landing of the main staircase inside the building a coloured mosaic picture “The Poltava Battle” created by M. V. Lomonosov in 1762—1764 was put up on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Academy (1925).
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