Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange & Rostral Columns

Why go

Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange & Rostral Columns rewards attention to scale, orientation, and setting. The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange (also Bourse) and Rostral Columns, located in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation, are significant examples of Greek Revival architecture. Before leaving, compare one close detail of Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange & Rostral Columns with its broadest public view.

What to look for

• Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange & Rostral Columns: Follow the longest facade or landscape axis with your eye.
• Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange & Rostral Columns: Compare monumental elements with details at human scale.
• Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange & Rostral Columns: Read the full ensemble from a wider angle.

The full story

The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange (also Bourse) and Rostral Columns, located in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation, are significant examples of Greek Revival architecture. Designed by French architect Thomas de Thomon (1754-1813), and inspired by the Greek Temple of Hera at Paestum, the stock exchange was constructed between 1805 and 1810. The rostral columns erected on either side of the Stock Exchange were completed in 1811. The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange is located at Birzhevaya Ploschad 4. Old Stock Exchange The Old Stock Exchange is sited to fill the majestic sweep of the Spit of Vasilievsky Island, just opposite the Winter Palace. Thomon's design called for a peristyle of forty four Doric columns resting upon a massive stylobate of red granite and supporting an entablature of triglyphs and slotted metopes. A monumental sculptural group featuring Neptune, and symbolizing maritime commerce, is mounted above the portico.

Useful to know

• Walk Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange & Rostral Columns in daylight, then compare its outline with Palace Bridge.

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