The ensemble of the Spit of Vasilievsky Island has considerable constructive and artistic values. The main place in it is given to the expressive volume of the Bourse (1805-1810). The great scale of the building in the form of an antique cathedral (a Doric peripter) together with Rostral Columns and granite embankment фку optimized for a vast panoramic overview from the Neva watery waste and from its opposite banks.