Town-planning development of the territories along the Neva River before the foundation of Saint-Petersburg: development of the Neva River estuary areas in the 17th century
Abstract
On the basis of information obtained from Swedish archival sources and the Swedish cartography (of the 17th century), and also being guided by editions about the development of territories along the Neva River during the Swedish period, this contribution deals with the issues of identification of the pre-Peter period system of settlement distribution (including settlements, road network, administrative-territorial borders) which are at present a part of the historic center of Saint-Petersburg and its peripheral residential and industrial areas. Historical and topographical placement of each settlement relevant to those times is specified, the location of settlements is identified, traces of historical roads network and administrative borders to the topography of modern Saint-Petersburg are revealed (whenever it is possible). Spatial and planning features of successive emergence and subsequent development of Saint-Petersburg buildings which had been formed on the base of pre-Peter period system of settlement distribution are considered in the contribution.
Keywords:
Peter I, modern planning structure (planning framework) and town-planning features of Saint-Petersburg, a settlement rural system in Ingermanland, cities, settlements and roads of the Swedish time (17th century), Swedish cartography
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