- 9, 16th liniya V.O.
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59.934519966306, 30.272072861629 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Façade facing the street
- Number of downpipes
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7; 6
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Историческая справка
After the assassination of Alexander II, the St. Petersburg Germans who historically lived on Vasilyevsky Island decided to open a new men’s hospital to immortalise the tsar’s name. In the 1880’s, the German Charitable Society acquired a land plot in the 15th liniya V.O. to construct the hospital. A small hospital was built in 1884 and called the Alexander Men’s Hospital established by citizens of the German Empire. The hospital had a personalised approach to patients and stringent requirements for employees: for example, they had to speak at least three languages (German and Russian were mandatory). Poor people of any nationality were treated free of charge.
A short-lived but vibrant fashion for Art Nouveau in St. Petersburg left its mark in the 16th liniya V.O. — in the form of an asymmetric rental house of the Alexander Men’s Hospital. A four-story austere building with Gothic motifs was constructed by order of the German Charitable Society, which owned the hospital at that time. The budget of the medical institution was replenished by regular rent payments. The construction was commissioned to architect Alexander Gimpel in 1908. The house built to the customers’ liking was lined with moulded bricks brought from Frankfurt am Main. A small front garden stretches along the facade overlooking the liniya. Famous tenants of the spacious flats in this house included meteorologist Alexander Shenrok and Minister of Public Education, lawyer Lev Kasso.
With the World War I outbreak, the hospital fully switched to the Russian language and the mention of citizens of the German Empire disappeared from its name. Later, the Alexander Hospital was converted into a psychiatric facility and in 1931, academician Ivan Pavlov opened a neurological clinic on its basis.
Входил в трассы категорий Лев & Единорог
Статистика взятия: 45/48 (94%).
По категориям:
- Лев & Единорог: 45/48 (94%)