Dutch church

In the eighteenth century, Russia was very supportive of various denominations, especially the Church of Western Europe. The Dutch church in St. Petersburg was housed in different buildings. In 1831, representatives of the church decided to build a new building on the corner of Moika and Nevsky Prospect. The architect was Pavel Petrovich Jaco, the construction was completed in 1834. The entrance was decorated with four columns in the form of a rotunda, on the pediment a high relief with angels holding a bible.

In addition to the church, the building housed: a bookstore, a school, a bank board. Part of the building was occupied by an art gallery, as well as the editorial office of the journal Domestic Notes. The art gallery held competitions, one of which the painting by I.E. Repin “Burlaki on the Volga” in 1871 received the first prize.

After the revolution of 1917, the building was closed, in 1933 the St. Petersburg Academic Theater named after the Leningrad Soviet was located. The 1936 fire destroyed a lot of theater props. After reconstruction, the building housed a library and association of free artists. A fire in 2004 destroyed most of the library. In 2005, the building was restored.

Currently, it houses the departments of the Mayakovsky Library and the Center for Art and Music. Concerts and personal exhibitions of famous artists of St. Petersburg are held.

The house of the Dutch Church is located on Nevsky Prospekt house 20, you can get as part of a tour from the Mayakovsky library.