Saint-Petersburg the most beautiful city in the world

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Visit Saint-Petersburg, Awesome city !!!!

This is the view from the top of the St. Isaac's Cathedral
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[Riser]

St. Isaac's Cathedral was originally the city's main church and the largest cathedral in Russia. It was built between 1818 and 1858, by the French-born architect Auguste Montferrand, to be one of the most impressive landmarks of the Russian Imperial capital. One hundred and eighty years later the gilded dome of St. Isaac's still dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg. Although the cathedral is considerably smaller than the newly rebuilt Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, it boasts much more impressive fades and interiors.

The cathedral's facades are decorated with sculptures and massive granite columns (made of single pieces of red granite), while the interior is adorned with incredibly detailed mosaic icons, paintings and columns made of malachite and lapis lazuli. A large, brightly colored stained glass window of the "Resurrected Christ" takes pride of place inside the main altar. The church, designed to accommodate 14,000 standing worshipers, was closed in the early 1930s and reopened as a museum. Today, church services are held here only on major ecclesiastical occasions.

Foreign visitors should buy entrance tickets just inside the right-hand door in the southern facade (not at the street-level ticket booth). We also recommend that you climb the 300 steps up to the cathedral's colonnade, and enjoy the magnificent views over the city.
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View on the river Neva

[Peach]

Kazansky was built at the beginning of the 19th century during one of the many Russian-Turkish wars. Alexander I decided that building a large duplicate of St. Peter's in Rome would prove that Russia was a serious superpower that Turkey shouldn't mess with. Apparently it worked; the Turks surrendered before the cathedral's completion and it was decided to not build a southern colonnade to match the northern one facing Nevsky

[Riser]

Peterhof (Russian: Петерго́ф, Petergof, originally named Peterhof, Dutch/German for "Peter's Court") is a municipal town within Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of Saint Petersburg on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland (population 64,791 (2002 census)). It hosts one of two campuses of Saint Petersburg State University. A series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes called the "Russian Versailles", is also situated there. The palace-ensemble along with the city center is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[M.Helen]

Fontanka (Russian: Фонтанка) is a left branch of the river Neva, which flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its length is 6,700 meters, its width is up to 70 meters, and its depth is up to 3,5 meters. The Fontanka Embankment is lined with the former private residences of Russian nobility.

[Faw_Peter]

Palace Square (Russian: Дворцовая площадь, Dvortsovaya Ploshchad), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire. It was the setting of many events of worldwide significance, including the Bloody Sunday (1905) and the October Revolution of 1917.

[Big_Becka]

My sources on St Petersburg are a little old... They tell me that the spires of the Admiralty, and the Peter and Paul Fortress "raise the low coastline"


The Peter and Paul Fortress, built by Peter the Great in the 18th century, stands on Hare Island on the north bank of the Neva. The prison cells of the Peter and Paul Fortress have held many a famous Russian writer and revolutionary over decades of tsarist rule and beyond. The Peter and Paul Cathedral is marked by its spire, which can be seen at various points around St. Petersburg. Peter the Great once outlawed the construction of any building higher than the spire on the Peter and Paul Fortress. The fortress contains several other notable buildings clustered around the Cathedral, including a bell tower, the mint building, the City Museum and the Grand Ducal Mausoleum.


The original Admiralty was one of the first structures to be built in St Petersburg. The Admiralty building we see today was built between 1806 and 1823 by the architect Adrian Zakharov: the gilded spire of the Admiralty (and particularly its weather-vane korablik - "the little ship") is another of St. Petersburg’s famous landmarks. It is the focal point of three of the city’s main streets; Nevsky Propect, Gorokhovaia Street and Voznesensky Prospekt, and can be seen along the entire length of each one. The gardens in front of the Admiralty are particularly beautiful in summer, and you might choose to walk through them on your way from the Hermitage to the "Bronze Horseman" and St Isaac's.

[Laurentine]

Would you like that the day to become longer? Your desire may be fulfilled from May to July in one of the largest cities of Russia.
Perfect for a unique vacancy, St. Petersburg is the city that never gets tired in summer. The settlement of this northern town near the Arctic Circle makes the day longer and the twilight to last all night long. St. Petersburg
This town is also known as Venice of the North.

[Laurentine]

Another tourist attraction is the St. Peter and Paul Fortress, the former prison for political prisoners, located downtown, near the river Neva. Stores and shopping centers can also be considered true monuments, of worth to be visited. The largest is the New Holland Arch Merchant Palace on Nevsky Avenue.

[Laurentine]

Prepare to see hundreds of monuments, statues, museums, cathedrals, churches and large gardens. Yet, don't expect to be satisfied with the fees charged for visiting the sights, since they are exaggerated as against Western European countries. By the way, did you know Russia is one of the top most expensive countries in the world?

[Laurentine]

For staying, let's say, 8 days in Saint Petersburg you'd need between 1300 and 2000 euros for person(for accomodation in 3-4 star hotel). The fees for entering museums on average amount between 10 and 30 euros and a trip on Neva river starts from 25 euros.
The cost for doing all the documentation (including visa) is 40 euros.

[shane]

Saint-Petersburg, having the total area of 1440 square kilometers, is the most important and largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Finland in the delta of the Neva River and has a very favorable geographical position, which predetermined the city's life as an important center of transport and trade communications. Being located at 60 degrees North latitude, 30 degrees East longitude, Saint-Petersburg has a humid and maritime climate with warm summers and long cold winters.

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St. Petersburg's most renowned novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky in perhaps his greatest novel "The Brothers Karamazov" wrote about three brothers who represent three worlds: the intellectual, the spiritual, and the sensual. And no matter which world you more closely identify with, we believe that modern St. Petersburg offers a fascinating juxtaposition of all these worlds, which will make your stay here a unique and memorable one. Whether you are walking along one of the Venice of the North's many picturesque canals or the wide Neva River during a dreamy white night, taking in the world-renowned ballet at the Mariinsky Theater on a magical winter evening, enjoying an early autumn afternoon in one the city's outstanding suburban parks, or delighting in the world-class art collection at the Hermitage Museum, you are sure to appreciate the unique beauty and rich culture of the city on the Neva.

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