Streets of St. Petersburg: the Marat’s street
The Marat’s street in St. Petersburg (called so after the Bolshevick’s Revolution in 1918 by the name of French revolution actor Jean-Paul Marat) seems to be very harmonic. All the buildings look alike and at the same time they all are different. What unites them? Maybe, the time of creation: for the most part, they were erected in the XIXth century. Maybe, their functions: many of them were
designed as commercial apartments houses. Maybe the place. Maybe the St. Petersburg architecture traditions that have already been formed by that time. It sometimes difficult to remember what differs one house from another. But anyway they are unique.
Marata-street, 14, built at the end of the XVIIIth century. Here lived famous Russian writer .
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Marata-street, 12, built in 1855-1856. The house belonged to Alexander , one of the first Russian cameramen, filmmaker and pruducers. Drankov moved to USA and was buried in California.
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Marata-street, 21, The “Eastern Express” restaurant. I think I will cover this restaurant a bit later, it’s worth visiting.
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Marata-street, 22-24, built in 1826-1834. The House of The Nikol Common Faith church. The church is the next picture.
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Marata-street, 24A. The Nicol Common Faith church, built in 1820-1827, how the building hosts the Museum of Arctic and Antarctic. Hard to believe, when entering the church you see an arctic airplane, and many other items linked to the God, but the invasion of the North and South Poles.
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Marata-street, 30, built in 1860.
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Marata-street, 29, built in 1874
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Marata-street, 31, built in 1897-1899
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Marata-street, 37, built in1881
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Marata-street, 36-38, built in 1913
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Well, it is not even a half of the buildings of high historical importance and architectural beauty located in the Marata-street in St. Petersburg. I think I must return here to post a series #2.
To be continued!
1 Comment
You are right. All houses look a bit the same, but on closer looks do have their own characteristics. Your photos give a good impression of this street.