Twelve Collegia

The Twelve Collegia building as it appears on a 1753 engraving.
The Twelve Colleges in 1820
The historic building of the Twelve Collegia now houses the Saint Petersburg State University.

The Twelve Collegia or Twelve Colleges (Russian: Двeнaдцaть Коллегий) is the largest edifice from the Petrine era remaining in Saint Petersburg. It was designed by Domenico Trezzini and Theodor Schwertfeger and built from 1722 to 1744.[1]

  1. ^ 300 years of Saint Petersburg: Swiss architecture on the Neva. Twelve Colleges Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Pg. 1.

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