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Ethat tour will acquaint you with the names and the works of the most famous Italian architects, thanks to which the city on the Neva is now considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
We begin our journey at the Manege Square., Where, she looked at the faces of the sculptures of the quarter, we learn, both visually looked those architects, who created unique masterpieces with love, located on the streets, embankments and squares of Venice of the North. This famous Italians Antonio Rinaldi Francesco Rastrelli, Giacomo Quarenghi and Carlo Rossi.
Walking around the city, Always look for a flat layout of its neighborhoods, proportionality buildings, a clear line of pedestals of monuments and quays. And it's all decorated with beautiful buildings, by immigrants from Italy.
On the tour we will see the famous buildings – Mikhailovsky Manege, Anichkov Palace and surrounding buildings, Gostiny Dvor, Catherine Institute for Noble Maidens. Our eyes brought the best samples of classical architecture, created by Italian architects in these cold northern latitudes with true southern temperament and the trend of the Antiquity and the Mediterranean.
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