In the foreground – the embankment at the Congress line of Vasilyevsky Island; on the left – the corner of the building of the Landlord’s Cadet Corps; in the depths
Mikhailovsky Castle from the Fontanka Embankment by Benjamin Patersen
Foreground: Fontanka Embankment; on the right is the building of the Mikhailovsky Castle; in the depths – one of the two pavilions that make out the entrance to the castle;
Exchange by Benjamin Patersen
Construction of the Exchange on the project of Thomas de Thomon lasted from 1804 to 1810. At the same time, a special commission headed by A. D. Zakharov, author of