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The Golden Age · NB! · Archive · Architecture · Mores · Saint Petersburg
Interior view of the changing cubicles at the Yegorov Baths in Saint Petersburg, 1907
Architecture · Faith · Observations · Heritage
Palekh has a remarkable Church of the Exaltation of the Cross with an interesting tent-roofed bell tower
Palekh has a remarkable Church of the Exaltation of the Cross with an interesting tent-roofed bell tower. The people of Palekh built it all together, from 1762 to 1774. In Saint Petersburg at that time Rastrelli was giving way to Vallin de la Mothe, while in the Vladimir lands
NB! · Architecture · Moscow · Observations · Humour
I fail to understand why Moscow needed a monument to Luzhkov, when we already have the Nautilus shopping centre, the Parus residential complex and the Patriarch residential complex?
Paris · Archaeology · Architecture
A wall more than two thousand years old found in the centre of Paris
On the Île de la Cité in the centre of Paris, archaeologists have discovered a section of ancient wall about 20 metres long. The researchers suppose that this wall formed part of the fortifications of Lutetia, the settlement of the Gallic tribe of the Parisii from which Paris later grew.
Faith · Architecture · The East · Heritage
Restoration of a tenth-century church completed in the Georgian village of Didi Kldeisi in Tetritskaro Municipality
Restoration of a tenth-century church has been completed in the Georgian village of Didi Kldeisi in Tetritskaro Municipality. Tetritskaro Municipality lies in the Kvemo Kartli region in the south of Georgia. After its restoration, the church was consecrated in honour of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of
Moscow · Architecture · Observations
A new pedestrian bridge along Bolotnaya Embankment
I forgot to mention that I have tested the new pedestrian bridge along Bolotnaya Embankment. I award it full marks: a pleasant refresh for the city's walking routes
Saint Petersburg · Heritage · Architecture · Museums · Archive
The Catherine Palace during restoration in 1976
The Catherine Palace suffered severely during the German occupation of Pushkin. The Germans first plundered Rastrelli's Baroque masterpiece, then turned it into barracks and garages, and, retreating in January 1944, mined it and set it on fire. It was from its charred and mutilated walls that the Amber
Architecture · Moscow · Faith · Heritage · Society
The Bell Tower of the Strastnoy Monastery as a Beacon of Anti-Religious Propaganda
The bell tower of the Strastnoy Monastery, demolished in 1937, was used in the Soviet years for anti-religious propaganda and for advertising Communist ideas: the monastery had been closed since 1919 and housed the Central Anti-Religious Museum. The monastery's first gate church was built by order
NB! · Archive · Architecture · Faith · Moscow · Heritage
The “Annushka” tram on Malaya Dmitrovka in 1896
The “Annushka” tram on Malaya Dmitrovka in 1896. Straight ahead is the Cathedral of the Passion Icon of the Mother of God, part of the Strastnoy Monastery, demolished in 1937. On the left is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Putinki, built in 1652 and surviving to
Architecture · Moscow · Coming Up · Art
Art at the Entrance: Today
Art at the entrance of a building has long ceased to be a rarity: the golden “Prometheus” has stood in Rockefeller Center since 1934, Picasso's work in Chicago's Daley Plaza since 1967, and there is no need to look far afield: Savitsky's famous sculpture
NB! · Architecture · Humour