Arts Square

The Arts Square (Russian: площадь Искусств, Ploshchad Iskusstv) is an open public square in the center of Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Before the construction of the Square, the land was the hunting grounds of the Empress Anna of Russia.

Then Russian architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700–1771) created a garden maze on the site.

In the early 19th century, the Russian architect Carlo Rossi (1775–1849) was commissioned to develop the land between the Field of Mars and the Nevsky Prospect.

[1] In August 1939, Isaak Brodsky died in his apartment on Arts Square, which then became a national museum.