Architectural cognitive and tourist center of the "mini-city" unveiled today at the Alexander Park of St. Petersburg.
«We can assume today - the second in this year's birthday of St. Petersburg. The mini-city are remarkable architectural masterpieces that can be circumvented in just a few minutes ", - said Governor of St. Petersburg Valentina Matvienko.
In accordance with the concept of the project, "the city in a nutshell is an architectural complex located in the southern part of Alexander Park on an area of 0,4 hectares.
The complex reduced bronze copy of the city's major attractions:
- ensembles Palace and Senate Square,
- Peter and Paul Fortress,
- Kazan,
- St. Isaac's Cathedral,
- sculpture "Architects»(bronze figures of the architects Rastrelli, Rossi, Trezzini, Montferrand, Thomas de Tomon, etc.).
crowned track sculpture patron saint Petersburg, St. Peter's.
Source material: official portal of the St. Petersburg June 2011
