Exterior view

Between 1764 and 1788 the Academy of Arts was housed in a new imposing building according to plans by Vallin de la Mothe. The building, one of the first Neoclassical structures in the city, had a rectangular ground plan with a large, round inner courtyard surrounded by four smaller corner courtyards. The main façade was toward the Neva and showed a new, Neoclassical design

The photo shows a view from the Blagoveshchensky Bridge.

View the ground plan of Academy of Arts, St. Petersburg.