St Petersburg: Lost and Found

Colin Amery, Brian Curran

Pgw, Aug 1, 2006 - Architecture - 239 pages

This lavishly illustrated book tells the epic 300-year story of St Petersburg through its architecture, landscapes, literature and art, from the city's origins and its earliest buildings through to the present day. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the historic centre of St Petersburg is being restored with the help of the World Monuments Fund. The book showcases the surviving monuments of St Petersburg while examining what has been lost and what is being lost. Written by two experts on architecture and historic conservation, it includes before-and-after images to evaluate the effect of postwar restoration work and also includes over 100 commissioned photographs.

About the author

Colin Amery (U.K.) and Brian Curran (Los Angeles) also co-wrote The Lost World of Pompeii. Yury Molodkovets is a principal photographer with the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

Bibliographic information

• Title: St Petersburg: Lost and Found
• Authors: Colin Amery, Brian Curran
• Photographs by: Yury Molodkovets
• Contributor: Yury Molodkovets
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Pgw, 2006
• ISBN: 0711224927, 9780711224926
• Length: 239 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / Buildings / General; Architecture / General; Art / General; History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Travel / Former Soviet Republics; Travel / General; Travel / Reference; Travel / Russia