Vitebsky Station - owls on the tower

Zagorodny Prospekt, 52, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190013

Travelers departing from Vitebsky Station have their own wise bird. The vertical dominant feature of the building is a tall clock tower with an impressive picturesque silhouette. You are usually in a hurry, rushing along, but if you take a moment to look at the clock on the tower, you can see an owl above it, spreading its wings. It is ready to take flight and invites you on a journey. Architects Brzozovsky, Ostrovsky, and Minash were well-known experts and lovers of owls. The modern-style station building was opened on August 1, 1904.


Travelers departing from Vitebsky Station have their own wise bird. The vertical dominant of the building is a tall clock tower with an impressive picturesque silhouette. You are usually in a hurry, rushing along, but if you take a moment to look at the clock on the tower, you can see an owl above it, spreading its wings. It is ready to take flight and invites you on a journey. Architects Brzozovsky, Ostrovsky, and Minash were well-known experts and lovers of owls. The modern Art Nouveau station building was opened on August 1, 1904. 

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