Portik Ruska
Rusca, Luigi
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Alternative Title
Rusca Portico
Date
1802-1806Description
General view; Now standing alone, the six-columned portico by Luigi Rusca was originally the entrance to a long arcade of shops. The portico was dismantled during construction of the metro and rebuilt in 1972. Source: Phillips, Catherine and Christopher and Melanie Rice; Eyewitness Travel Guides: St. Petersburg, revised ed. 2004, London: DK [Dorling Kindersley], 1998 (0789497271) (accessed 1/19/2009)
Type of Work
portico; shopping arcadeSubject
architectural exteriors, business, commerce and trade, City planning, Nineteenth century, Neoclassical
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