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                                                                                                  Пунин А. Л. Архитектурные памятники Петербурга: Вторая половина XIX в. Л., 1981
                                               
                      
                                                                             
           
    
    
    
        
    
                                   
        
            
    
    
    
    
    
                        
    
                      
      
        
    
    
        
    
        
        
            
    
    
                    
        
                                                               
                                                                                                
                            
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                                                        Basin House 
                                                                           
                         
                        BASIN HOUSE (5 Ostrovsky Square), architectural monument of the Neo-Byzantine style, apartment house of N.P. Basin (built by his plans in 1878-79). The house facades with windows of varied patterns and featuring so-called “polotentsa” (towels)
                                             
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                                                        Historical style (Eclecticism) 
                                                                           
                         
                        HISTORICAL STYLE (Eclecticism), architectural style of the 1830s-90s. The sense of Eclecticism is the free choice or the amalgamation of methods and motifs of a variety of historical styles, associatively expressing the purpose of buildings
                                             
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