St-Peterburg
Peter & Paul fortress
Designed to protect newly acquired lands from invading Swedes, Peter and
Paul Fortress lost its military significance before it was completed. Its
guns never saw any action and were put to use as a flood warning signal
and the fortress housed a political prison for two hundred years. St. Peter
and Paul Cathedral is the burial vault of Peter the Great and other Russian
Tsars.
Open: 11h00-17h00, closed Wednesdays and the last Tuesday of every month.
St-Peterburg
Peter & Paul fortress and St.Isaak cathedral
PETER & PAUL FORTRESS
Designed to protect newly acquired lands from invading Swedes, Peter and
Paul Fortress lost its military significance before it was completed. Its
guns never saw any action and were put to use as a flood warning signal
and the fortress housed a political prison for two hundred years. St.Peter
and Paul Cathedral is the burial vault of Peter the Great and other Russian
Tsars.
Open: 11h00-17h00, closed Wednesdays and the last Tuesday of every month.
ST. ISAAK'S CATHEDRAL
St. Isaak Dalmatia was the patron saint of the Romanov family. The present version of St.Isaak's, the fourth, was constructed from 1818 to 1858. Everything was done on a grand scale. the portico columns, cut from red granite, are seventeen meters high; the mosaic inside has twelve thousand shades and colors; the walls are five meters thick. Inside there are hordes of paintings, csulptures, and mosaics by 19th century Russian and European masters, including a huge fresco on the inside of the cupola by Karl Bryullov and a bust of Montferrand made of different colored marbels and other minerals.Cathedral 11h00-18h00.
Adress: Isaakievskaya Ploshchad 1.
St-Peterburg
Hermitage
The State Hermitage is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world.
The museum is located in 5 historical buildings of St-Petersburg, including
the Winter Palace - the former residence of Russian tsars. The collections
of the Hermitage museum number over 3 million items from prehistoric to
modern times. Magnificent works of art embracing prehistoric culture, Egypcian
art, the art of Antiquity, Scythian gold, and great collections of Western
-European paintings and sculptures are displayed in 400 halls.
Working hours: 10h30-16h30.
Closed on Monday.
St-Peterburg
Pushkin palace & park
Located twenty-five kilometers south of St.Peterburg, Tsarskoye Selo, a
former country residence of the Russian emperors, is a fascinating monument
of the worl'd achitectural and gardering arts of the XVIII-XIX th. centuries.
The compositional center of the ensemble is Catherine's palace, containing
exquisite decorative objects, furniture, Russian and West-European paintings
etc. The estate was completely devastated during the second World War and
restoration is still going on. Open:
Park: 09h30-17h30 daily (May1 - October 14).
Catherine's Palace:10h00-17h00, closed Tuesday and last Monday of Each month.
St-Peterburg
Puskin palace & Pavlosk palace
PUSHKIN PALACE
Located twenty-five kilometers south of St.Peterburg, Tsarskoye Selo, a former country residence of the Russian emperors, is a fascinating monument of the worl'd achitectural and gardering arts of the XVIII-XIX th. centuries. The compositional center of the ensemble is Catherine's palace, containing exquisite decorative objects, furniture, Russian and West-European paintings etc. The estate was completely devastated during the second World War and restoration is still going on.Open:
Park: 09h30-17h30 daily (May1 - October 14).
Catherine's Palace:10h00-17h00, closed Tuesday and last Monday of Each month.
PAVLOVSK PALACE
Pavlovsk is a superb palace-and park ensemble of the late XVIII-XIX centuries, which was used as a summer residence of the Russian emperor Paul I. The collection of the Palace contains a large number of antique sculptures from Italy, as well as gifts from European royal courts. The landscape park, one of the largest in Europe, cavers the area of 600 ha Ransacked in world War II, Pavlovsk has been fully restored.Working hours: Park 09h00-20h00 daily. Grand Palace 10h00-17h00, closed Fridays and the first Monday of the month; on Thursdays only the State Rooms are open Pavilions 10h00-17h00 daily June to October.
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Russian museum
The Russian Museum was opened in 1898 in the Mikhailovsky Palace. The museum
numbers nearly 400'000 exhibits. It is one of the largest in the country
collection of the Russian art, from ancient icons to the avant-garde painting
of the 20th century. Open: 10h00-17h00, closed Tuesday.
Adress: 2 Inzenernaya str.
St-Peterburg
Alexander Nevsky monastery
Peter the Great founded the lavra on the purported side of the legendary 1240 battle between Alexander Nevsky and the Swedes. the term lavra is usually translated as a monastery or abbey, and there are only four lauras in Russia. The metropolitan of the St.peterburg, Ladoga and Leningradian region resides here. The Holy Trinity Cathedral, St.petersbourg is the principal church of the city and its region. also worth seeing is the Tikhvin Cemetery, where the prominent people of Russia are buried, Dostoevsky, Tchikovsky, Mussorgsky, and others... Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo.
Open: Alexander Nevskij Cemeteries 11h00-19h00
(in winter to 18h00), closed Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Adress: Metro -Ploshchad Alexandra Nevskogo.
St-Peterburg
Pavlovsk palace & park
Pavlovsk is a superb palace-and park ensemble of the late XVIII-XIX centuries,
which was used as a summer residence of the Russian emperor Paul I. The
collection of the Palace contains a large number of antique sculptures
from Italy, as well as gifts from European royal courts. The landscape
park, one of the largest in Europe, cavers the area of 600 ha Ransacked
in world War II, Pavlovsk has been fully restored. Working hours: Park 09h00-20h00 daily. Grand Palace 10h00-17h00, closed Fridays and the first Monday of the month; on Thursdays only the State Rooms are open Pavilions 10h00-17h00 daily June to October.
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