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The
Twelve Colleges
Designed
by Domenico Trezzini, 1722–41; finished by D. Schwertfeger
and B.C. Rastrelli. 400m long, the 12 connected buildings,
combined into one long building along the backside, but
with distinctive facades to each building on the front
side, housed the 12 government ministries (kollegia, after
the Swedish model of ministries run by committees, or
"colleges") of Peter's government. Ironically, the building(s)
became a part of St. Petersburg Imperial University in
the nineteenth century, thus taking on the connotation
of the English term "college." The trees to the right
of the buildings occupy what was originally a canal with
flanking streets, the canal now filled in. |
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