St. Petersburg Rotunda. Stock Photo

The mystical city object - the rotunda. st. petersburg, fontanka river embankment, house No. 92 ( russia, northern europe ), the house, which is both a monument of architecture, and a popular party place, covered by many myths, legends and real stories, and therefore attracts not only tourists but also curious young people. the house is not evident, this is a typical st. petersburg building in the classical style. all the matter in the rotunda – a round building with six free-standing columns. repeat the curved walls of the stairs, as if seeking endlessly upwards. the title of cult places the rotunda received in the 70-80-ies of the last century, the emergence of informal movements of dissident soviet youth. this place is considered the center of the universe and a place of power, as located in the rotunda of the center of the intersection of the diagonals of the hexagon of peter. daredevil caught in the basement of the building, will go crazy, and at midnight you can meet satan. In ancient times, the rotunda served as a meeting place of masons and was a favorite of rasputin.