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July 4, 1961 [2] Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States. Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961, the district ...
The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange. The Smolny Convent. The Peter and Paul Fortress. Narva Triumphal Gate. Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Saint Petersburg Conservatory. The Smolny Institute. The Trinity Cathedral. Admiralty building.
Designated VLR. June 18, 2003 [2] Stewart–Hinton House is a historic home located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was built about 1798, and is a two-story, five-bay, Federal style brick dwelling. It has a low hipped roof and four rectangular interior end chimneys. The interior features a first-floor hall with arched entrance, elaborate cornice ...
June 17, 1980 [2] Washington Street Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at Petersburg, Virginia. It was built in 1842, and is a one-story with gallery, brick building in the Greek Revival style. It features a massive Greek Doric order pedimented tetrastyle portico added in 1890. Wings were added in 1922–1923, connected to ...
Saint Petersburg,[c]formerly known as Petrogradand later Leningrad,[d]is the second-largest city in Russiaafter Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finlandon the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021,[4]with more than 6.4 million people living in the metropolitan area.
The Anichkov Bridge (Russian: Аничков мост, Anichkov Most) is the oldest and most famous bridge across the Fontanka River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The current bridge, built in 1841-42 and reconstructed in 1906-08, combines a simple form with some spectacular decorations. As well as its four famous horse sculptures (1849–50 ...
The current building, the first stone church in St. Petersburg, was designed by Trezzini and built between 1712 and 1733. Its gold-painted spire reaches a height of 123 meters (404 ft) and features at its top an angel holding a cross. This angel is one of the most important symbols of St. Petersburg.
Main contractor. Rönesans Holding. References. [ 3 ] The Lakhta Centre (Russian: Ла́хта це́нтр, romanized:Lahta tsentr) is an 87-story skyscraper [ 5 ] built in the northwestern neighbourhood of Lakhta in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Standing 462 metres (1,516 ft) tall, it is the tallest building in both Russia and Europe, and the ...