Avtovo (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Saint Petersburg Metro Station
| Preceding station |  Saint Petersburg Metro | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirovsky Zavod towards Devyatkino | Line 1 | Leninsky Prospekt towards Prospekt Veteranov | ||
| Former services | ||||
| Kirovsky Zavod towards Devyatkino | Line 1 1966–1977 | Dachnoye Terminus | ||
Avtovo (Russian: А́втово) is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro.[1] Designed by architect Yevgenii Levinson [ru], it opened as part of the first Leningrad Metro line on November 15, 1955.[2] In 2014, The Guardian included it on the list of 12 most beautiful metro stations in the world.[3]
Avtovo's unique and highly ornate design features columns faced with ornamental glass manufactured at the Lomonosov factory.[2] Although the original plan envisaged using glass on all of the columns in the station, white marble was substituted on some due to time constraints. This marble was supposed to be temporary but has never been replaced. The walls are faced with white marble and adorned on the north side by a row of ornamental ventilation grilles. At the end of the platform, a mosaic by V.A. Voronetskiy and A.K. Sokolov commemorates the Leningrad Blockade (1941-1944) during the Second World War.
Unlike the other stations on the first line, Avtovo is a shallow-level station constructed using the cut and cover method. It belongs to the shallow column class of underground stations.
Avtovo has as its entrance vestibule a large Neoclassical building with a domed cupola, located on the east side of Prospekt Stachek [ru].
Gallery
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Avtovo entrance vestibule
References
- ^ "Avtovo Metro Station (Saint Petersburg, 1955)".
- ^ a b "St Petersburg subway station recognized as one of world's most beautiful". gbtimes.com. November 18, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-02.
- ^ "The world's most beautiful metro stations - in pictures". The Guardian. 11 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-12.
External links
- (in Russian) Description of the station on Metrowalks.ru
- (in Russian) Description of the station on Kommet.spb.ru
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Placename toponym Avtovo
- Historical area
- Circus
- Street
- Power Station
- Railway Station
- Subway Station
- Subway Depot
- Municipal Okrug
- DSK factory
