The building was partially burned in 1884,-a fate reserved it would seem for all public structures in this country, a similar fortune having befallen this same palace seventeen or eighteen years ago.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
The theatres of St. Petersburg are after the usual European style of these structures,-all being large and convenient.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
So far as remains allow us to see, the detached structures were of a simple and massive character, in shape like cubes of vast dimensions; the walls, as is shown by the city wall of Aradus, were joined without mortar, and in the oldest times the buildings appear to have been roofed with monoliths.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker