Lobanov-Rostovsky Residence
Coordinates: 59°56′05″N 30°18′29″E / 59.93472°N 30.30806°E
Lobanov-Rostovsky Residence or the Lobanov-Rostovsky Palace is a building at 12 Admiralteysky Avenue in Saint Petersburg, Russia, constructed in 1817-1820 for Prince A.Y. Lobanov-Rostovsky. Today, the building houses a luxury hotel in the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts chain, under the name of Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace, referring to the two Medici Lions at the main entrance.
The Neoclassical or Empire style building is an early work of the architect Auguste de Montferrand. The triangular building faces Admiralteisky Avenue, Voznesensky Avenue and Saint Isaac's Square.
The main entrance, on the Admiralteisky Avenue, has an eight-column portico facing the Admiralty building, and its porch is guarded by white marble Medici lions by sculptor Paolo Triscorni on granite pedestals. Triscorni's sculptures were made famous by Pushkin in his last long poem, The Bronze Horseman.
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