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Andrey Ivanovich Shtakenshneider was born on February 22 [March 6], 1802, in the Shtakenshneider estate, Gatchina district, Saint Petersburg province.

There are several islands in the world that serve or have served as prisons or places of confinement.

These parks are the perfect option for a secluded countryside walk. Their relative remoteness from Peterhof and Lomonosov allows you to stroll along…

The UNESCO World Heritage List includes 30 sites in the Russian Federation, which accounts for 2.6% of the total number (1154 as of 2021).

Prison hotel – this is a new type of hotel built in gloomy, barred abandoned prisons to justify the money spent on reconstruction and thus preserve…

The city of Pushkin is famous for the monument of landscape art and world architecture located on its territory — the Tsarskoye Selo Museum-Reserve…

The "Mariental" Park is the second largest park in the city of Pavlovsk (Pushkinsky District of Saint Petersburg).

Seven Wonders of the World.

What do Cervantes, Rilke and Hemingway have in common? They all loved Ronda! Hemingway famously wrote that "Ronda is the place where to go, if you are…

There are several islands in the world that serve or have served as prisons or places of confinement.

Almost the entire territory of modern Karelia was once inhabited by the tribe "Lop" (self-designation – “Saami”), between Lake Ladoga and Lake…

Peterhof, translated from German, means "Peter's Court." Having reclaimed these lands from the Swedes, Peter I ordered the founding of a city here.

Date of formation: 1826 - 1832, Architects: A.A. Menelas, A.I. Shtakenshneider Garden master: P.I. Erler, Park area - 115 hectares The Alexandria Park…

Colonists' Park is a 29-hectare landscape park in Peterhof. Colonists' Park was created based on a design by architect A. I. Stackenschneider during the…

The city of Bolgar in Tatarstan, located on the banks of the Volga River, is a historic settlement of the Volga Tatars, the "Northern Mecca" of the…

Under Vasili III, in 1510, the Pskov Republic was abolished, and its territory was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Moscow (the Russian state).

Vladimir Nabokov was born in St. Petersburg on April 22 (April 10 old style), but he celebrated his birthday on the 23rd.

One of the main attractions of the city of Gatchina is the landscape park ensemble, the Palace Park, created at the end of the 18th century.

Yekaterininsky Park is a park that is part of the State Museum-Reserve "Tsarskoye Selo." It is located in the town of Pushkin near Saint Petersburg and…

At the very beginning of the 18th century, on the site of Alexander Park, there was a square plot of forest enclosed by a stone wall, intended for…

The main center of Russian emigration in Southern Europe became the capital of the young Kingdom of Yugoslavia – Belgrade.

Chichen Itza, a ruined ancient Maya city covering an area of 4 square miles (10 square kilometers) in the south-central state of Yucatan, Mexico.

The city was founded on January 6, 1542, on the ruins of the ancient Maya city of T'ho. The stones from the ruins served as building material for the…

San Miguel de Allende is a colonial city in the state of Guanajuato in the Bajío mountains of central Mexico, approximately 270 km northwest of Mexico…

The city was named after the Spanish city of Valladolid, which was the capital at the time. It was founded on May 28, 1543, by Francisco de Montejo…

Ivan VI (Ioann Antonovich) (12 (23) August 1740 – 5 (16) July 1764) was a Russian emperor from the House of Welf who reigned from October 1740…

For Dostoevsky, Petersburg is "the most deliberate and abstract city in the world." Through the voices of his characters, Dostoevsky conveys his own…

ABBA was - and still is - a truly unique phenomenon in music history. Their success has crossed all borders, while the band itself remained surprisingly…

Koba is the oldest center of the Maya civilization, full of its secrets and mysteries, conveniently located 44 kilometers northwest of the coastal Maya…

The Maya founded a settlement in this place as early as the 3rd century BCE. Its area was 12 square kilometers.

The greatest attraction of Tulum is the combination of majestic ruins with the stunning shades of the Caribbean Sea.

Mayapán is an ancient Maya city in the Mexican state of Yucatán in Central America, located 40 km southeast of Mérida.

Malaga is the city where Pablo Picasso was born and spent his early childhood. The atmosphere and daily life of those years inspired some of the…

Kabah is an archaeological site of the Maya civilization located in the southeastern part of the Mexican state of Yucatán.

Izamal – a city included in the list of magical cities of Mexico (Pueblo Magico), located in the very heart of the state of Yucatán.

When the sun sets over the jungles of the Yucatán, its fading light falls on the western staircase of the Pyramid of the Magician, just as it has for…

The Most Interesting and Unusual Monuments, Beautiful Statues, Famous Monuments, and Memorials of Mexico.

Although Russia and the USSR cannot be called the originators and founders of architectural movements, there is one distinctly pronounced style that…

A movement to preserve the traces of the departing industrial era is developing worldwide. Production, alongside religion, philosophy, trade, and social…

Andalusia has a lot to offer to the curious. Granada’s Alhambra and Mezquita de Cordoba are on top of most travellers’ lists.

On October 4, 1724, on the way to Kotlin Island, Peter I "made a drawing of the Kotlin fortress," and after lunch on the island, he "outlined the site…

Accidents and hazardous natural phenomena, disasters, natural or other calamities that have resulted in human casualties, harm to health or the…

Memorable places associated with the prototypes of literary characters and the literary characters themselves from works of Russian literature.

In place of many architectural monuments, only fragments remain that will never regain their former appearance.

Alexandra Blok was called a genius of Silver Age poetry and a guiding star for aspiring writers.

Some gloomy stories hidden beside shiny facade.

The name, Cyprus, derives from the ancient Greek word for the precious copper deposits that were already being mined and traded as early as 3000 BC.The…

Take a walk back in time along the strongest, most extensive, and best preserved medieval city wall in Scandinavia - Visby City Defense Wall.