• 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...
  • Construction of the Twelve Collegia Building started in 1722 as part of the plan of Peter I to build an administrative quarter on Vasilievsky Island.
  • According to his designs, the building of the Twelve Collegia, the Peter and Paul Cathedral, the Summer Palace of Peter I and a number of buildings in St...
  • Commissioned by Peter the Great and built from 1722 to 1742 by Italian architect Domenico Trezzini, the Twelve Colleges is now part of St...
  • Twelve Collegia is the university located in Saint Petersburg.
  • Located on Vasilevsky Island, Twelve Collegia is an edifice made of twelve buildings that all have the same shape and two floors.
  • Initially, the Twelve Collegia was intended to house the highest government offices. The construction was completed by adding a two-story gallery on the western...
  • In 1804, part of the Twelve Colleges was assigned to the Pedagogical Institute, the precursor of St. Petersburg University, which was officially founded in 1819.