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Saint Isaac Cathedral One of the pearls of Saint-Petersburg is St. Isaac Cathedral. It's the former principal and the largest cathedral of the city which can accommodate about 10 000 people. The cathedral is adorned with 112 solid granite columns weighing 114 tons each and about 400 monumental bronze sculptures. The height of the Cathedral is over 100 meters. Its dome covered with 100 kg pure gold is encircled by 24 statues. The Cathedral has 4 smaller bell towers. Its interior impressive as well; it is decorated with unique paintings, sculptures and mosaics by famous masters. The observation platform on the colonnade provides a magnificent view of the city. |
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 | The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan The Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan (the Kazan Cathedral) is one of the most magnificent cathedrals of Saint-Petersburg. Its semicircular colonnade of ninety-six columns is extremely striking. The Cathedral was built at the beginning of the 19th century during the Russian-Turkish war. It was conceived as a large duplicate of St. Peter's in Rome. The Cathedral is closely connected with the history of Russian arms. The Statues of the Russian army heroes during Napoleon's march of Russia, Mikhail Kutuzov and Mikhail Barklay de Tolly are on the square in front of the Cathedral. At the moment the Museum of Religion is housed there. |
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 | The State Hermitage The State Hermitage is the oldest and the largest museum in the world. The museum is located in 6 historical buildings of Saint-Petersburg including the Winter Palace - the former residence of Russian Tsars. More than three million works are displayed in the 400 hall of the State Hermitage. Collections of prehistoric culture and Egyptian art, the art of Antiquity, Scythian gold, Italian, Spanish, German, English, Russian, Flemish, Dutch, French paintings and sculptures are among them. The State Hermitage was included in the list of especially valuable objects of national heritage. |
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 | The Russian Museum The Russian Museum was opened at the end of the 19th century in the Mikhaylovsky Palace, one of the finest monuments of Russian architecture. The collection of the Museum numbers 400000 works and includes the unique collection of ancient icons, works of painting, graphic art and sculpture, decorative and applied art, folk art and numismatics as well as the world's finest collection of Russian Avant-garde. |
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 | Peterhof Peterhof lies on the Southern bank of the Gulf of Finland. It was built for the first Russian Emperor Peter the Great as a summer residence according to the model of French Versailles. Twenty palaces and more than 170 fountains are located on the territory of seven parks. The largest and the most beautiful fountain - Grand Cascade - is in front of the Grand Palace. It is encircled by 200 gilded Statues. Peterhof is really splendid, don't miss your chance to visit it. |
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 | Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo) The summer residence of Russian Tsars - Pushkin (former Tsarskoye Selo) - was built at the beginning of the 18th century. The central part of the Pushkin ensemble is the Catherine Palace. It strikes by a rich attire of its apartments. One of the finest rooms - the Grand Hall - is decorated in the Baroque style. The real pearl of the Palace was the Amber Room, called the eighth wonder of the world. Unfortunately Pushkin was occupied during the Second World War and the unique Amber Room disappeared. Not far from the Catherine Palace is situated the Lyceum, a popular noble school. The famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin studied there in 1811-1817. |
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 | Pavlovsk Pavlovsk is one of the finest Palace ensembles in Europe. The landscape park, one of the largest in Europe, has the area of 600 ha. These lands were presented to the future Russian Emperor Paul the First by his mother Catherine the Great. A wonderful Palace surrounded by artificial lakes and canals was built there. A large number of antique sculptures from Italy as well as an excellent collection of portraits created by Russian artists are displayed there. You will be stricken by the rich attire of the Palace and the splendid park. |
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