2. Move to St. Petersburg City named after patron saint, St Peter Peter the Great in 1703 starts building in St. Petersburg Building done by peasants 1710 Government moves from Moscow to St. Petersburg 1713 Peter forced the Senate to move to St. Petersburg Peter saw city as window to the West
3. Peter and Paul Fortress Started building in 1703 Original citadel of St. Petersburg On Hare Island which is near the Neva River
4. Summer Palace Built between 1710 and 1712 Designed by DomenicoTrezzini Designed for entertainment pavilion and for warm weather only Peter spent every summer there from 1712 until his death in 1725
5. St. Simeon and Anna Built between 1731 and 1734 by Mikhail Zemzov Went away from traditional 5 dome church with plan of Greek cross built another church in the basilica style with a tower over the front Reminiscent of Roman tomb towers of the 1st to 3rd century One is Octagonal dome structure and the other is a slender tower.
6. Twelve Colleges Designed by DomenicoTrezzini and Theodor Schwertfeger and built between 1722 to 1744 Formation of 12, three storied structures to form a façade Peter wanted a place for the Russian Government that was at the time in 12 branches. The Senate The Syond Nine Colleges-Foreign Affairs, Revenue Collection, Justice, Expenditure, Financial Control, War, Admiralty, Commerce, Mining and Manufacturing and Ministry for Trade.
7. Marble Palace Built by Antonio Rinaldi for Catherine the Great Located on the Neva River between the winter and summer palaces Built for Catherine’s lover GrigoriOrlov Interior and exterior had more than 30 different varieties of marble and granite that were from Siberian, Finnish, Greek and Italian quarries. Currently home to equestrian statue of Alexander III
8. Conclusion Peter the Great moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg Peter and Paul Fortress was the first building to be constructed in St. Petersburg Peter moved the Government to St. Petersburg in 1713 and built the Twelve Colleges for the Government to function. St. Simeon and Anna church which was built in more of a Western European style All the building in St. Petersburg were to make Russia more Westernize because Peter saw the city as a “window to the West.”
