7] Excellent Department Store in St Petersburg Russia - AU PONT ROUGE Walking Tour
Channel: IVAR MALDEIKIS
Date: 2022-11-17

Here are all the previous parts of this video:
1. Nevsky Prospekt - Moika River - Palace Square
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=641SBeS5kpA&t=65s
2. Malaya Morskaya Street - St. Isaac's Square
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU09JSEHRsw
3. New Holland Island - Cafe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSWUsQAEISA
4. Old Town - Mariininsky Theater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp2OUu9LeF4
5. Old Town - Griboyedov Canal - Lion's Bridge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeV5JI26syI
6. Voznesensky Prospekt - Sadovaya Street
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX-9UD8NWpo&t=462s
7. Au Pont Rouge - LUX Department Store
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF8bF_Rkh68
8. Art Square
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1FVgUFnSBU
9. Excursion to the Mikhailovsky Castle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL1LFwfCLks
10. Web of old streets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twuBQRo0YbY&t=965s
11. Karavan street - Nevsky Avenue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFlR-QMgsOk

Walking tour in St. Petersburg (Russia) through the most beautiful department store - Au Pont Rouge.
It was the first multi-storey store in St. Petersburg.

The core of the interior space of the Au Pont Rouge department store was the atrium hall. All its space was filled with light and pleasant aromas. It was a temple of modern commerce, light and comfortable.
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna herself was the buyer of the department store "At the Red Bridge".
After the revolution, the building was a garment factory. All internal interiors were destroyed.
The department store houses a shopping arcade and a panoramic restaurant on the top floor, a business center and luxury apartments.
Pay attention to the shape of the spire - it is made in the form of a rod of the god of trade Mercury.

Inscriptions in French were also recreated, meaning "skirts" and "jackets", "stockings" and "galoshes".

Interestingly, during the years of Soviet power, Esders branches in other countries continued to work successfully. And now stores in Europe have closed and some have even been demolished, while the Red Bridge department store in St. Petersburg has been restored to its original form.

At present, it remains the only surviving reminder of the once luxurious empire of Stefan Esders.
It is worth noting that some things of very expensive brands are much cheaper here than in European stores.


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