From Catherine to Eliseev: A Walk Around Ostrovsky Square
Monuments, theaters and libraries in the heart of St. Petersburg
Stories along the route
Российская национальная библиотека · 0.1 km
Before you stands not just a building, but a true temple of knowledge that remembers the footsteps of emperors and the whispers of great writers.
Памятник Екатерине II (Санкт-Петербург) · 0.1 km
Before you is not just a bronze figure — it is the empress herself, frozen in a moment of triumph. She gazes down at you from the height of the pedestal, and it seems she is about to speak.
Площадь Островского (Санкт-Петербург) · 0.2 km
Look around: you're standing in the very heart of one of the most harmonious ensembles in Saint Petersburg. This ceremonial corner, where Nevsky Prospect meets Zodchego Rossi Street, was conceived as a single whole.
Александринский театр · 0.5 km
You are standing in front of a facade that has witnessed premieres which changed Russian theater. This is the Alexandrinsky Theatre — one of the oldest drama theaters in Russia that has survived to this day.
Малая Садовая улица (Санкт-Петербург) · 0.7 km
You are standing on Malaya Sadovaya — and this is perhaps the coziest place to feel how Petersburg knows how to be small.
Дом торгового товарищества «Братья Елисеевы» · 0.8 km
Before you stands not just a shop, but a true palace, built for the sake of astonishing people. This building of the trading house 'Brothers Eliseevy' is a monument of early Art Nouveau, or, as it is also called, 'Modern…