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- Petrovskaya Embankment, 6
- 1703
- Now the Peter I Memorial museum
-
- The House of Peter I is one of the oldest
- structures in Petersburg and a unique historical
- monument. It was put up on May 24-26, 1703;
- two days later Peter I moves into his new place
- of residence, accompanied by ceremonial
- gunfire. Similar to traditional Russian wooden
- huts the house was built of pine beams and
- consisted of two rooms with a passage between
- them.The tsar's ôpalaceö could be seen from
- afar-not only from the |Neva|Custom1|O:127|, that had in the early
- 18th century already turned into the city's main
- thoroughfare, but from the opposite river bank as
- well. Even in Peter's times some measures had
- been taken to protect the house from
- destruction; a shed had been arranged it, that
- was in 1784 replaced by a stone case. In 1844
- the case was reconstructed by the architect
- R.Kuzmin. In 1872 the plot was fenced off with a
- cast-iron railing, while in 1875 a bronze bust of
- Peter I was installed in front of the House
- (sculptor P.Zabello). In the 1970s overall works
-