This beautiful house - the current library and art center named after Mayakovsky begins its history as a Dutch Lutheran church for the Dutch community, so beloved by Peter and has done so much for the history of the city. Land for construction belonged to Vice Admiral Cornelius Cruys - a Norwegian originally from Stavanger. It was him after meeting in Amsterdam that Peter hires the first to create a Russian military fot. By the way, I take the Moika on the opposite side, where the Eliseevs shop was, and then the Wolf and Beranzhe confectionery was also granted by Peter to Vice Admiral Cruys. Translated with Google Translate