The 'Venice of the North', with its numerous canals and more than 400 bridges, is the result of a vast urban project begun in 1703 under Peter the Great. Later known as Leningrad (in the former USSR), the city is closely associated with the October Revolution. Its architectural heritage reconciles the very different Baroque and pure neoclassical styles, as can be seen in the Admiralty, the Winter Palace, the Marble Palace and the Hermitage.
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The Gosudarstvennyj Èrmitaž or Hermitage Museum, that vast collection of Russian and human art and artefacts, has swollen to fill six buildings, the...
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Built within Peter the Great’s 18th Century Peter and Paul Fortress, this elegant, early Baroque cathedral is still the second tallest building in the...
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This garden is the oldest in this North Russian city and was founded just a year after St. Petersburg itself. It was created by order of Peter the...
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The ultimate expression of a Grandmother’s love, the Alexander Palace was built by Catherine the Great for her grandson and future heir, Alexander...
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The Catherine Palace, sometimes called the Summer Palace is a beautiful blue, white and gold monument to the opulent lifestyle of the Russian Tzars....
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The Peter and Paul Fortress (Russian: Петропа́вловская кре́пость, also Fortress of SS Peter and Paul) is the original citadel of St. Petersburg,...
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Kazan Cathedral (Russian: Каза́нский кафедра́льный собо́р) is a name of several Russian churches dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan, an icon that the...
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Nevsky Prospekt (Russian: Не́вский проспе́кт), or the Nevsky Avenue, is the main street in the city of St Petersburg. Planned by Peter the Great as...
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During the summer months of May and June in St. Petersburg the city is so far north that the sun never quite sets, with both twilight and dusk leading...
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The Mariinsky Theatre (Russian: Мариинский театр, also spelled Maryinsky Theatre) is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in St Petersburg, Russia.'
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The Dance is Henri Matisse's painting which has been defined by art historians as "a key point of his career and in the development of modern...
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After visiting Versailles it is clear that Peter the Great’s Peterhof does qualify for the title of ‘The Russian Versailles’. The same ornate water...
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra or Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 at the southern end of the Nevsky Prospekt in St...
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Saint Isaac's Cathedral (Russian: Исаа́киевский собо́р) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is the largest cathedral in the city and was the largest church in...
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While the brightly coloured almost shimmering exterior may be photo familiar, the interior may surprise, it’s covered in mosaics carefully mimicking...
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Dostoyevsky probably strolled through the Kuznechny’s predecessor, the open air Vladimirsky market that occupied the site until around 70 years ago....
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