The A.L. Stiglitz Mansion is a famous historical building in St. Petersburg, which belonged to the barons Stiglitz.
The building is also known as the palace of Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich - after one of the owners, the son of Alexander II.
The Stieglitz mansion is located in the center of St. Petersburg, on the English Embankment (the Neva River).
The facade of the mansion, facing the English Embankment, is one of the most striking on the embankments of the Neva.
At the beginning of the 18th century, two residential buildings stood on the site of the mansion, one of which was the first stone house on the English Embankment (1716).
In 1830, the plot belonged to the Barons Stieglitz, a native of the German principality of Waldeck. During the Stieglitz period, in 1859-1862, according to the project of the architect A. I. Krakau, one large mansion was erected on the site of two old houses. The mansion was built for Alexander Ludvigovich Stieglitz, the largest financial figure in Russia, the initiator of the creation of the Central School of Technical Drawing and the museum attached to it.
In 1887, the mansion was purchased for Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich and converted into a palace designed by architect M. E. Mesmacher, on the day of the Grand Duke's wedding to the Greek Royal Alexandra in 1889. After the death of his wife in 1891, Pavel Alexandrovich moved to Tsarskoye Selo.
The interiors of the mansion-palace were of artistic value, among which the main white marble staircase stood out; the living room with caryatid decorations, gilded stucco and carvings; the library decorated with oak and the concert hall with medallions containing portraits of composers.
At the palace there was a house church of St. Alexandra. The temple was located on the second floor of the transverse courtyard wing and was decorated in the Old Russian style.
The palace, which was little used for many years, was sold in 1917 to the Russian Society for the Procurement of Shells and Military Supplies. In 1938-1939, the right courtyard wing was built on one floor, and in 1946-1947, one floor was erected over the former Moorish hall of the palace.
In 2011, the former mansion of Baron Stieglitz on the English Embankment was transferred to the disposal of St. Petersburg State University. Subsequently, the building underwent a major restoration.
Today, the former mansion and palace is an architectural monument of the 19th century. It has two floors. The facade is made bright and lively, but it is not overloaded with decorations.
In the center of the main facade (facing the Promenade des Anglais) there is a small two-column portico, above which there is a balcony. The wide frieze of the building is decorated with decorative molding.
Information sign on the wall of the building
Inside the palace there are former: a living room, a concert hall, a library and a grand staircase.
Practical information
The Stieglitz Mansion is located in the historical center of St. Petersburg, at the address: Englishskaya Embankment, 68 / Galernaya Street, 69.
Nearest metro stations: "Sennaya Ploshchad", "Sadovaya", "Spasskaya", "Admiralteiskaya" and "Vasileostrovskaya".
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