The historical exhibition “St Petersburg, the capital of the Russian Empire: Marking the 320th anniversary of the city” has opened in the Exhibition Hall of the Federal Archives in St Petersburg.
The exhibition features authentic documents and drawings related to the enterprise of architects Domenico Trezzini, Jean-Baptiste Leblon, Peter Eropkin, Mikhail Zemtsov, Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli, Giacomo Quarenghi, Auguste Montferrand, Vasily Stasov, Konstantin Ton, Andrey Shtakenshneider and others.
One of the significant exhibits is the original 1747 plan of the facade of the Summer Palace in Peterhof with the resolution of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna and the autograph of the architect Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli.
The exhibition will be open until June 22, 2023.
