Chapel and Gostiny Dvor, Nevski Prospekt
View of Nevski Prospekt, St Petersburg, with the Chapel of the Saviour and Gostiny Dvor, St Petersburg's largest department store, on the right. Gostiny Dvor was one of the first department stores in the world -- building began in 1757 and took 28 years. By the 20th century it contained more than 170 shops. More recently it has been redeveloped as a fashionable shopping mall
Picture No
10289868
Media ID
46071790
Size
5628px x 3612px
(3.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Unattributed Russian postcard
Date
early 20th century
