Saint Petersburg

Examples of Saint Petersburg in the following topics:

• Peter's Domestic Reforms

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  • Peter moved the capital from Moscow to Saint Petersburg in 1712, but referred to Saint Petersburg as the capital (or seat of government) as early as 1704.
  • Until today, Saint Petersburg is the most Westernized city and the cultural capital of Russia.

• Peter the Great

  • In England, he also engaged in painting and navy-related activities as well as visited Manchester in order to learn the techniques of city-building that he would later use to great effect at Saint Petersburg.
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• Enlightened Despotism

  • The leading European economists of her day became foreign members of the Free Economic Society, established on her suggestion in Saint Petersburg in 1765.

• Surrender at Yorktown

  • On May 20, 1781, CCornwallis arrived at Petersburg, Virginia, with 1,500 men after suffering heavy casualties at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse.
  • Signatories included Washington, Rochambeau, StJacques-Melchior Saint-Laurent, the comte de Barras (on behalf of the French Navy), Cornwallis, and Lieutenant Thomas Symonds, the senior Royal Navy officer present.

• Gothic Architecture: La Saint-Chapelle

  • The King was later recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
  • Louis' personal chapel, La Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, was copied more than once by his descendants elsewhere.
  • Louis IX, or Saint Louis, was a revered leader and strong patron of the arts during the Gothic period.
  • Saint Louis' Sainte-Chapelle epitomizes the Rayonnant Gothic style as was King Louis IX's personal chapel.
  • Discuss the innovations in Gothic art and architecture seen in La Saint-Chappelle

• Gothic Architecture: The Abbey Church of Saint Denis

  • The Abbey Church of Saint Denis, also known as the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis, is a large medieval abbey church in the commune of Saint Denis, now a northern suburb of Paris.
  • Saint Denis is a patron saint of France and, according to legend, was the first Bishop of Paris.
  • Dagobert I refounded the church as the Abbey of Saint Denis, a Benedictine monastery.
  • This is the west facade of the Basilica of Saint Denis.
  • Illustrate a timeline of the creation of the Abbey Church of Saint Denis

• Grant's Pursuit of Lee

  • Maneuvering a final time, Grant surprised Lee by stealthily crossing the James River, threatening to capture the city of Petersburg, the loss of which would doom the Confederate capital.
  • Petersburg, a prosperous city of 18,000, was a supply center for Richmond, given its location just south of the capital, its site on the Appomattox River providing navigable access to the James River, and its role as a major junction for five railroads.
  • The taking of Petersburg by Union forces would make it impossible for Lee to continue defending the Confederate capital.
  • The resulting Siege of Petersburg from June 1864 to March 1865 led to the surrender of Lee's army in April 1865 and the effective end of the Civil War.
  • It inflicted proportionately higher losses on Lee's army and maneuvered it into a siege at Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, in just over eight weeks.

• Romanesque Architecture: The Church of Saint-Lazare

  • The Autun Cathedral, or the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, is a Roman Catholic cathedral and a national monument in Autun, France.
  • The Autun Cathedral, or the Cathedral of Saint-Lazare, is a Roman Catholic cathedral and a national monument in Autun, France.
  • Work on the new cathedral of Saint-Lazare began in around 1120 and advanced rapidly enough for the building to be consecrated in 1130.
  • The three story elevation of Saint-Lazare was made possible by the use of pointed arches for the nave.
  • Many of the historiated capitals that adorn the columns in Saint-Lazare were carved by Gislebertus.

• Pilgrimage Churches

  • The Crusades resulted in the transfer of, among other things, a great number of Holy Relics of saints and apostles.
  • Many churches, like Saint-Front, Périgueux, had their own home grown saint while others, most notably Santiago de Compostela, claimed the remains and the patronage of a powerful saint, in this case one of the Twelve Apostles.
  • Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, in the Berry province, is typical of the churches that were founded on the pilgrim route.
  • James' Way is the pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain, where tradition has it that the remains of the apostle Saint James are buried.

• The Church

  • In France, the famous abbeys of Aux Dames and Les Hommes, at Caen and Mont Saint-Michel respectively, date from this period, as do the abbeys of the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.
  • Many churches were like Saint-Front, Périgueux, and had their own homegrown saint; others claimed the remains and the patronage of a powerful saint whose relics were brought back from the Holy Land, Santiago de Compostella, for example, was host to the presumed relics of one of the Twelve Apostles, St.
  • The Abbey of Saint-Foy, Conques, France.
  • Trumeau with Saint James, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela
  • Trumeau with Saint James, Portico de la Gloria, Santiago de Compostela. c. 1168-1188.