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St Petersburg Highlights
Malaya Sadovaya Street
This monument to Catherine the Great was unveiled in 1873
Statue of a Photographer
Created by architect Larisa Domracheva and sculptor Boris Petrov, the monument was erected in 2001 next to the building were, for the first three decades of the 20th century, the photographer Karl Bulla had a famous studio.
Created by architect Larisa Domracheva and sculptor Boris Petrov, the monument was erected in 2001 next to the building were, for the first three decades of the 20th century, the photographer Karl Bulla had a famous studio.
Created by architect Larisa Domracheva and sculptor Boris Petrov, the monument was erected in 2001 next to the building were, for the first three decades of the 20th century, the photographer Karl Bulla had a famous studio.
This Gostiny Dvor is not only the city's oldest and largest shopping centre, but also one of the first shopping arcades in the world.
Dom Knigi - was designed by architect Pavel Suzor for the Russian branch of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. But in 1919,it became the House of Books and was the first bookshop in the Soviet Russia.
Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood
Our-Lady-of-Kazan Cathedral Impressive neoclassical exterior, richly decorated interior.
The Admiralty Arch
The Hermitage Museum/The Winter Palace
is Saint Petersburg's prime attraction,a massive palace-museum showing the highlights of a collection of over 3,000,000 pieces spanning the globe.
The Alexander Column in the Palace Square
The monument — the tallest of its kind in the world — is 47.5 m (155 ft 8 in) tall
The Bronze Horseman (Russian: Медный всадник) is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great
A bronze equestrian monument of Nicholas I of Russia
Saint Isaac's Cathedral, was built in 1818. It is the third highest cupola cathedral in the world.
Sphinxes were brought from Egypt to Russia at the height of Egyptomania in 1832.
Rostral Column
Exchange Building
Vasilievsky Island
Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter the Great's men built the small wooden cabin in a matter of days for him when he planned the city and it has been preserved in a small brick building in the district Petrogradskaya.
Russian cruiser Aurora
One of the first incidents of the October Revolution in 1917 took place on the cruiser
Mikhailovskiy Castle
Peter and Paul Fortress
The fortress was established by Peter the Great on May 16, 1703