- Mikhaylovskaya ul., 1
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59.935840966306, 30.330683863057 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Façade facing Mikhaylovskaya ul.
- Number of atlases on the 3rd floor level
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16
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Historical background
The layout plan of the plot located near the Gostiny Dvor was developed by Carlo Rossi, the architect of the General Staff, Senate and Synod buildings, through which Saint Petersburg gained the image worthy of the European capital in the first half of the 19th century.
During 1870s, several buildings in Mikhailovskaya Ulitsa were rebuilt by architect Ludwig Fontana to form the Hotel d’Europe. Fontana was engaged in major repairs and reconstruction of dozens of houses throughout St. Petersburg. In 1910s, Fyodor Lidval extended the hotel building with a fourth floor. He also partly redesigned interior environment, including the grand staircase.
Following the Revolution, the hotel became known as the ‘House of Soviet Employees’, and later it housed a shelter for homeless children. In Soviet times, between 1934 and 1989, the Hotel ‘Evropeyskaya’ was located here. In 1991, it was renamed the Grand Hotel Europe, and in 2009 it was declared the most luxurious hotel in the world.
Famous people, including Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Aivazovsky, Anatoly Lunacharsky, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Maxim Gorky, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitry Shostakovich, Isaac Dunaevsky, Igor Stravinsky, Konstantin Paustovsky, Claude Debussy, Johann Strauss, King Gustaf V of Sweden, Herbert Wells, and Bernard Shaw used to stay here.
Present in routes of categories Lion & Unicorn