In this walking walk, to the sounds of the city, we will visit one of the most famous streets of St. Petersburg - Nevsky Prospekt, start the walk from "Palace Proezd" to the metro station "Ploschad Vosstaniya", pass the Moika River, "Griboyedov Canal" and " Fontanka ”, we will take away such buildings as“ Kazan Cathedral ”,“ Singer's House ”and many others. History of Nevsky Prospect Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg is one of the first and most famous streets in the Northern capital. This is one of the 5 street-rays radiating from the Admiralty. Its length is 4.5 km. The largest width is 60 m at Gostiny Dvor, the smallest is 25 m at the Moika. Crosses the Moika River (Zeleny Most), Griboyedov Canal (Kazansky Most) and Fontanka (Anichkov Most). The need for its construction arose shortly after the founding of the city to connect the industrial center of the city - the Admiralty with the Novgorod highway leading to Moscow and Novgorod. Then it was decided to lay a direct road from the Admiralty to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Since the road from the Admiralty and the Lavra was laid simultaneously, it was not possible to precisely connect the two glades. This explains the break in the street in the area of the modern Vosstaniya Square. The construction was completed in 1720. In the 18th century A stone pavement, rows of birches on each side of the road, benches, oil lanterns appear on Nevsky Prospekt. Travel through the "Big Perspective" was paid. It was possible to pay not only with money (from a horseback - 3 kopecks, from a cart - 5, and from a carriage from 10 to 30 kopecks), but also with cobblestones, which at that time were not enough in the city. In 1738, the street was renamed into "Nevskaya Pershpektiva", and the name "Nevsky Prospect" appeared in 1781 not from the name of the Neva River, but from the name of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra (in honor of the national hero, Saint Prince Alexander Nevsky). Green and Anichkov bridges, a bridge across the Krivosha river (Kazan bridge across the Griboyedov canal), Stroganov Palace, Chicherin House, Anichkov Palace, Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Armenian Church, St. Peter's Church, Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in front of Kazan Cathedral are under construction , Winter Palace, Gostiny Dvor, Milyutinskiye Ryady and other famous sights. In the 19th century The first public library, Kazan Cathedral (the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was dismantled), new buildings of the Dutch Church and the German Protestant Church of St. Peter were built on Nevsky Prospekt. Gas lamps appeared, and by the end of the century - electric ones, Nikolaevsky railway station, the chapel of Christ the Savior (dismantled in 1929), a horse-drawn railway, the Evropeyskaya hotel, the merchant Palkin's restaurant (working now). Retail premises are located on the ground floors of many buildings. The building of the Passage Department Store is being rebuilt. In 20th century A tram line has been built on Nevsky Prospekt. The first illuminated advertisement in the city was installed. Cinemas Aurora and Colosseum are open. The construction and reconstruction of houses for banks is underway, the first sound cinema in the USSR has opened (now the Crystal Palace cinema). The Eliseev Trade House, the House of the Singer Company (House of Books) were built. In 1918 the avenue was called October 25, and in 1944 the historical name Nevsky was returned. In 1962, a marble plaque was installed with the text of the blockade time: “Citizens! This side of the street is the most dangerous during shelling. " The first creeping line in the USSR (of 9000 bulbs) appeared. The metro stations "Nevsky Prospekt", "Gostiny Dvor" and "Mayakovskaya" are opening. An underground passage has been built. In the 21st century On Nevsky Prospect, sidewalks are being paving, and engineering networks are being repaired. Illumination of almost all buildings has been installed. A lane is allocated for public transport. Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, where every house is a historical monument, has always attracted guests and residents of the city. And now, during the holidays, the avenue becomes a pedestrian zone and a place of folk festivities. Subscribe: Patreon - patreon.com/user?u=73488627 Facebook: facebook.com/walking.bird.980 Instagram: instagram.com/walking__bird/ Twitter: twitter.com/Walkingbird12 Information about the day: August 29, Saturday, Air temperature +17 #спб #питер #spb #piter #walking #прогулка #relax
