Ostrowski Square

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Ostrowski Square with the monument to Katherina ΙΙ.
Alexandrinsky Theater - portico with Corinthian columns
Ostrowski-Platz: 1 Katharinengarten. 2 Monument to Katherina ΙΙ. 3 Anichkov Palace (palace garden). 4 Alexandrinsky Theater . 5 Russian National Library. 6 Nikolai Petrovich Bassin's house. 7 Building of the St. Petersburg City Loan Company. 8 buildings of the Russian Music Society. 9 Building of the Ministry of Public Education. 10 buildings of the Imperial Theater Directorate. 11 administration building. 12 office buildings of the Moscow-Vindavo-Rybinsk Railway. 13 administration building. 14 Construction of a new hotel. 15-16 pavilion in the garden of the Anichkov Palace .

The Ostrovsky Square ( Russian Площадь Островского / Ploshchad Ostrowskogo , scientific. Transliteration Ploščad 'Ostrovskogo ) is an architectural ensemble in the central district of Saint Petersburg in the historic center of the city. This is where Nevsky Prospect , Rossi Street , Malaya Sadovaya Street and Krylova Street meet .

The square, named after the poet Alexander Nikolajewitsch Ostrowski , was created in the 19th century on the initiative of the Italian architect Carlo Rossi (1775–1849). Historical and cultural monuments of federal importance are on the site: the Alexandrinsky Theater , the National Library (with Voltaire's private library ), Anichkov Palace , a monument to Catherine II , the building of the Ministry of Public Education and the Directorate of the Imperial Theater on Rossi Street, the building of the St. Petersburg City Loan Company.

Even if not all of Rossi's ideas were fully implemented, the Ostrowski Square ensemble is one of the most important achievements of Russian urban planning and has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage list “Historic Center of Saint Petersburg”.

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ Named after the German wife of the Russian Tsar Alexandra Fjodorovna .
  2. ↑ The Catherine the Great had bought.

Web links

Commons : Ostrovsky Square, Saint Petersburg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 59 ° 55 ′ 57 ″  N , 30 ° 20 ′ 11 ″  E