The area of the building 52, first line of the Vasilievskiy ostrov used to belong to D. Trezzini, the first architect in Saint-Petersburg, in the beginning of the XVIII century. After that, the Moscow Bishop Compound ruled it, and since 1795 it had been rented to private persons. On the July 10, 1800 emperor Pavel I granted this area to the Russian Academy, which was doing researches of the Russian and the literature.
From 1802 to 1804 the new two-storied building was made there by the project of A.A.Michailov. There were five statues in front of it: Apollo, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Clio and Melpomene (god of light, healing and poetry, muse of sacred poetry, dance and eloquence, muse of epic poetry, muse of history, muse of tragedy). The facade was decorated with bas-relief. A flat of secretary of the Academy was on the ground floor, meeting room of the Academy was on the first floor, and library and waiting room were on the side places.
From 1811 to 1814 the fence with the gates and semicircular arches of mews were builded up by project of V.P. Stasov. In 1819 K.A. Ton built one more floor under mews for printing house and typefoundry.
The greatest, the most intelligent people of those days such as G.R. Derzhavin, I.A. Krylov, N.M. Karamzin, A.S. Pushkin took part in activity of the Academy.
From 1842 to 1844 H.F. Meyer recreated building for the Roman Catholic Academy. Не built crossings, yard housings. Five sculptures were replaced with statues of Saint Peter and Saint Pavel, bas-relief was got down, a church was built, etc.
After 1918 there were Estonian Pedagogical College, Regional Pedagogical institute, hostel and faculties of the Herzen State Pedagogical Institute. Nowdays the philology faculty of the Herzen State Pedagogical University takes place here.
From 1802 to 1804 the new two-storied building was made there by the project of A.A.Michailov. There were five statues in front of it: Apollo, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Clio and Melpomene (god of light, healing and poetry, muse of sacred poetry, dance and eloquence, muse of epic poetry, muse of history, muse of tragedy). The facade was decorated with bas-relief. A flat of secretary of the Academy was on the ground floor, meeting room of the Academy was on the first floor, and library and waiting room were on the side places.
From 1811 to 1814 the fence with the gates and semicircular arches of mews were builded up by project of V.P. Stasov. In 1819 K.A. Ton built one more floor under mews for printing house and typefoundry.
The greatest, the most intelligent people of those days such as G.R. Derzhavin, I.A. Krylov, N.M. Karamzin, A.S. Pushkin took part in activity of the Academy.
From 1842 to 1844 H.F. Meyer recreated building for the Roman Catholic Academy. Не built crossings, yard housings. Five sculptures were replaced with statues of Saint Peter and Saint Pavel, bas-relief was got down, a church was built, etc.
After 1918 there were Estonian Pedagogical College, Regional Pedagogical institute, hostel and faculties of the Herzen State Pedagogical Institute. Nowdays the philology faculty of the Herzen State Pedagogical University takes place here.
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