Ancient city on the banks of the Neva

"In St. Petersburg, two types of architecture prevail: Greek and Roman," as described by the prominent historian and local historian Ivan Ilyich Pushkaryov. The founder of the city, Emperor Peter, in an attempt to distance himself from the Moscow he disliked, which called itself the Third Rome, laid a new ancient city on the northern shores of the Neva. Absorbing the entire "spirit" and longing for antiquity, St. Petersburg recreated it in the strict plans of its architectural ensembles, classical colonnades, and triumphal arches.

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Ivan Ivanov

Architecture
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Completed in the year the French Revolution began for Prince Potemkin, the Tauride Palace would play its role in Russian revolutions, but it is interesting to us not for this reason. With three porticos in its ensemble, it is one of the brightest examples of this characteristic ancient architectural element in St. Petersburg. A portico is a covered passage formed by a colonnade and a parallel wall, and it is present in most ancient temples.
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