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A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank

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I came to St. Petersburg in 2019, and now I often live in this city. I always choose an apartment in the Central District and walk a lot. St. Petersburg has many creative people, and I like that. Not included in the route, but I simply recommend visiting: Peter the Great Botanical Garden, Nelson's Courtyard, the bars on Nekrasova Street, the Marina Gisich gallery, and Yelagin Island. And I recommend having a picnic on the Field of Mars in summer.

Photo of route author Rinatto L'bank

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Rinatto L'bank

Things to do

  • 📸 Take photos
  • 📜 Learn the city's history
  • 🔍🖼️ Spot interesting details

Route points (12)

  1. Mosaic Courtyard — point on route “A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank”

    Mosaic Courtyard

    🔷 Mosaic · 🕵️ Urban legend

  2. Mosaic Courtyard

    Points will be available after purchasing the route

  3. New Holland — point on route “A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank”

    New Holland

    🌿 Public garden or park · 🎨 Art installations · 🕵️ Urban legend

Mosaic Courtyard in Saint Petersburg

Point on route “A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank”

Mosaic Courtyard — point on route “A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank”
Mosaic Courtyard — point on route “A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank”
Mosaic Courtyard — point on route “A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank”
Mosaic Courtyard — point on route “A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank”
Mosaic Courtyard — point on route “A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank”
Mosaic Courtyard — point on route “A Walk Around St. Petersburg with Rinat L’bank”

Point 1

Mosaic Courtyard

🔷 Mosaic • 🕵️ Urban legend

History of the Place

The Mosaic Courtyard in St. Petersburg is an unusual open-air art installation created by the artist Vladimir Lubenko and his students in the 1980s. The courtyard is decorated with bright mosaics, sculptures, and decorative elements made of ceramics, glass, and stone. Here you can see fantastical animals, fairy-tale scenes, abstract patterns, and even portraits of famous cultural figures. This place is the result of a creative initiative by local residents and artists, who turned an ordinary courtyard into an open-air museum. You can visit the courtyard free of charge at any time of day or night, but daytime is best for a good look at the mosaics.

Author's Recommendation

A great example of how citizens can transform urban space and change it for the better. Here the transformation was started by the artist Vladimir Lubenko, and later residents joined him. All in all, recommended for colorful photos.