By the initiative of St.Petersburg public organization “Marketing Club” and with the assistance of St.Petersburg Committee for External Relations, a solemn opening ceremony of a bust featuring the wife to Alexander II - Empress Maria Alexandrovna took place in the Italian town of San Remo on March 19, 2010.
By the initiative of St.Petersburg public organization “Marketing Club” and with the assistance of St.Petersburg Committee for External Relations, a solemn opening ceremony of a bust featuring the wife to Alexander II - Empress Maria Alexandrovna took place in the Italian town of San Remo on March 19, 2010.
The bust is installed at the town’s central embankment, which bears the name of Maria Alexandrovna. The embankment is decorated with 1000 palm-trees, once a gift of the Empress. The bronze bust has been produced by Vladimir Gorev, a famous Petersburg sculptor.
The opening ceremony was attended by M.Zoccorato, Mayor of San-Remo, and E.M.Boykov, Consul General of Russia in Genoa.
With the assistance of the Committee for Culture, as a part of activities to mark the opening of the bust, a concert of St.Petersburg orchestra “Klassika” was performed in San Remo, under the baton of Alexander Kantorov.
Source: Committee for External Relations of St.Petersburg