Description
The convent was found in 1748 on the order of the Empress Elizabeth. It had to become the main convent of Saint Petersburg together with the Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery found by Peter the Great. The wooden model of the Smolny Convent made F. Rastrelli's work-room still remains. It gives a nice concept of the architect's idea
Associated objects
Grand (Catherine) Palace in Tsarskoye Selo
Church of Saviour in Sennaya square in St. Petersburg
Red Gate in Moscow
Smolny Convent of the Resurrection
Anichkov Palace in St. Petersburg
Church of the Holy Martyr Nikita in Staraya Basmannaya street in Moscow
Church of Annunciation in the Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg
Stroganov Palace in St. Petersburg