Ligovsky Prospekt

Why go

Ligovsky Prospekt rewards attention to scale, orientation, and setting. Ligovsky Prospekt (Лиговский проспект) is a major street in Saint Petersburg. Before leaving, compare one close detail of Ligovsky Prospekt with its broadest public view. At Ligovsky Prospekt, a slower circuit makes Ligovsky Prospekt's neighborhood relationship easier to read.

What to look for

• Ligovsky Prospekt: Follow the longest facade or landscape axis with your eye.
• Ligovsky Prospekt: Compare monumental elements with details at human scale.
• Ligovsky Prospekt: Change sides to reveal a less familiar relationship with the city.

The full story

Ligovsky Prospekt (Лиговский проспект) is a major street in Saint Petersburg. Before the establishment of the city, it was a street leading to Novgorod, used by the people living in the villages around the delta of Neva. During 1718 to 1725, when Saint Petersburg was the capital of Russia, a building project of a canal, the Ligovsky Canal, started. The canal was used to transfer water from the Ligi River to fountains of the Summer Garden, here comes the name of the street and the canal. After the flood in 1777 all the fountains were demolished and later on the canal too. Ligovsky Prospekt Today The Ligovsky Prospekt is one of the largest streets in Saint Petersburg. It extends from Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall, Vosstaniya Square and Nevsky Prospekt, and runs through southern Saint Petersburg, onto Moskovsky Prospekt and the Moscow Triumphal Gate.

Useful to know

• Walk Ligovsky Prospekt in daylight, then compare its outline with Vosstaniya Square.

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