Field of Mars

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Field of Mars

field, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Also known as: Field of Amusement, Tsarina’s Meadow

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St. Petersburg
Admiralty Side
…into the Neva lies the Field of Mars, one of the city’s beautiful open spaces. Begun under Peter (when it was known as the Field of Amusement), it was intended for popular festivities and fireworks. It was a favourite haunt of the 18th-century nobility, but its present name derives from…
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…into the Neva lies the Field of Mars, one of the city’s beautiful open spaces. Begun under Peter (when it was known as the Field of Amusement), it was intended for popular festivities and fireworks. It was a favourite haunt of the 18th-century nobility, but its present name derives from…
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