Main Directorate of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation (Saint Petersburg)

Russia / Sankt Petersburg / Saint Petersburg / Isaakiyevskaya ploshchad, 11
 office building, public institution, Neoclassical (architecture), UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed building / architectural heritage, 1913_construction

Built 1910–12 as the Imperial German Embassy, designed by Peter Behrens. In Soviet times this became the headquarters of Leningrad Intourist; later housed the remnant of Intourist—the St. Petersburg Tourist Company—and the Dresdner Bank in the 1990s and 2000s.

www.tcaup.umich.edu/stpetersburg/germanembassy.html
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Coordinates:   59°55'56"N   30°18'23"E
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