Italian street is so named after the Italian house of entertainment that stood here in the 18th century. By the way, this is one of the streets in the city center, which is lined with paving stones. The large and beautiful park in front of the Russian Museum (Former Mikhailovsky Palace) is called the Mikhailovsky Garden, and Ekaterina Alekseyevna Mikhailova (nee Marta Skavronskaya), the second wife of Peter the Great, the empress after the death of her husband and the mother of Empress Elizaveta, bred the gardens. Translated with Google Translate