Adamini's House

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ADAMINI'S HOUSE (1 Moika River Embankment), architectural monument. It was built for merchant Antonov in 1823-27 in the late Empire style (architect D.F. Adamini, hence the name). The three-storied apartment house occupies a sizeable trapezoidal area, surrounded by the Field of Mars, Moika River Embankment, and Aptekarsky Lane. Adamini's House encloses the Griboedova Canal view from Nevsky Prospect. Its facades are accented by three porticoes of composite order and are decorated with a stucco frieze. In the 1830s, the scientist and inventor P.L. Shilling, worked and died in Adamini's House (memorial plaque). From 1914, the art bureau of N.E. Dobychina, which held exhibits for Mir Iskusstva and Soyuz Molodezhi. In 1916-19, the cellar of Adamini's House was occupied by art cabaret Priyut Komediantov (Comedians' Halt), its walls being painted by S.Y. Sudeikin, B.D. Grigoryev, etc. (the murals were destroyed during the flood of 1924). In 1917, L.N. Andreev, in 1922-32, artist and art critic E.K. Lipgart lived here. On 26 November 1941, the building was damaged in an air-raid; in 1946, it was restored (architect A.S. Ginzberg). After the war, writers Y.P. German (1948-67), V.F. Panova (1948-70), L.N. Rakhmanov (1950-88), as well as architect N.V. Baravov (memorial plaque) lived in Ardamini's House.

Reference: Бунатян Г. Г. Дом Адамини // Дома рассказывают. СПб., 2002. Вып. 2. С. 123-157.

A. A. Antonov. Adamini Domenico
Andreev Leonid Nikolaevich
Antonov
Antonov Viktor Vasilievich
Dobychina (Fishman) Nadezhda Evseevna
German Yury Pavlovich
Ginzberg Alexander Solomonovich
Grigoryev Boris Dmitrievich
Lipgart Ernst Karlovich
Panova Vera Fedorovna
Rakhmanov Leonid Nikolaevich
Schilling Pavel Lvovich
Sudeykin Sergey Yurievich
Aptekarsky Lane/Saint Petersburg, city
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 1
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city
The Field of Mars/Saint Petersburg, city
Бунатян Г. Г. Дом Адамини // Дома рассказывают. СПб., 2002 Youth Union
Comedians Halt, Cabaret