The Grand Palace is a historic building in the center of St. Petersburg, which now houses the Grand Palace boutique shopping center.
The building is also known as the Siberian Commercial Bank, or the house of the insurance company "Russia" - according to the previous owners.
The Grand Palace is a covered shopping gallery, the main facade of which faces Nevsky Prospekt-one of the most beautiful and visited streets of the city.
View of the "Grand Palace" (second building on the left) in the ensemble of buildings on Nevsky Prospekt
The first three-storey house on this site was built in 1778 for the valet N. S. Kozlov. A year later, the house was purchased by Goff-fourier D. A. Moiseev. In 1779, the house was built on the fourth floor, and in 1858, for the next owner - State Councilor Longinov architect N. P. Grebenka, was built on the fifth floor of the building.
In the 1880s-1900s, the building belonged to the insurance company "Russia". At the same time, the premises in the building were rented by various banks, including the Moscow Merchant Bank, which soon moved to the neighboring building (Nevsky Prospekt, 46). In addition to them, the building at various times housed the Semyonikov library, the store of the Northern Glass-Industrial Society and a confectionery.
In 1907, the building came into the possession of the Siberian Commercial Bank, for which it was completely rebuilt in 1908-1910 by architect Boris Iosifovich Girshovich and with the participation of architect Marian Stanislavovich Lyalevich.
In Soviet times, various institutions and cafes worked in the building.
Since 2003, the building has housed the Grand Palace Boutique Gallery, which houses more than 50 boutiques of leading fashion brands: clothing and footwear, fur and leather goods, jewelry and watches, gifts and accessories, interior items and antiques, household goods and furniture, selective perfumes and cosmetics.
The gallery also has apremium cinema "Cinema GRAND PALACE" with seven halls, a beauty salon, a restaurant and a cafe. In addition to the main screenings, the cinema also hosts screenings of theatrical productions, including world performances.
On the eve of the New Year and Christmas, the Grand Palace has a New Year's market.
The gallery has five shopping levels, a total area of more than 20,000 square meters and includes three buildings: two historical-Passage-Gallery with access to Nevsky Prospekt and the Front Wing with access to Italian Street, as well as a modern building built between them.
The facade of the building, facing the Italian Street, has a classical architecture.
The main facade of the gallery faces Nevsky Prospekt, designed in the neoclassical style and lined with gray granite. It is decorated with pilasters with architectural capitals, half-bases in niches, three small balconies, male figures on the attic, made by the sculptor V. V. Kuznetsov, as well as relief inserts made by the master modeler A. E. Gromov.
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Practical information
Address of the Grand Palace Gallery: 44 Nevsky Prospekt / 15 Italianskaya Street.
Grand Palace Gallery website: grand-palace.
Parking is located on the side of the Italian street:
- street parking: working hours-around the clock, cost-150 rubles / hour;
- internal parking: working hours-around the clock, cost-150 rubles / hour.
Nearest metro stations: "Gostiny Dvor" and "Nevsky Prospekt".
Buses: 3, 7, 22, 27. Trolleybuses: 1, 5, 7, 10, 22.
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