At the end of 18th century the building was constructed for the needs of military ministry. It includes offices and warehouses, architect Legrand (as member of city construction plan of 1775) introduced new ideas in the building architecture, corner towers connected the sides of the building, the main facade faced the river which was unusual for the city in 18th century.
(The source of the info and map is www.wikimapia.org)
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Good shot Irina.
greetings, Joop
Do you have snow yet?
That is a handsome building.
Very stately looking building. I'm curious why the building faced the river at a time when other buildings did not. Have a great weekend.
Thank you for this interesting journey through history. May peace continue to govern us all.
Please have a good weekend.
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hope all is well with you, irina. nice shot and interesting post.
Greetings from an Amish community in Pennsylvania, I'm just checking out different blogs and thought id leave a comment. Happy holidays to everyone as well. Richard from Amish Stories
A grand old building. Makes me think of our Pentagon in Washington DC.
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Ca fait peur !
I didn't know about Beria so I looked him up. It sounds like he was a monster. Those were awful times.
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