Sights Saint-Petersburg and Region, Russia

Date of foundation: 1703 Saint-Petersburg - the northern capital city of white nights and movable bridges, beautiful sights, rich history in the faces and unpredictable weather. St. Petersburg is rightly considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world and the cultural capital of Russia. This will make sure every guest. Petersburg attracts tourists not only cultural and historical wealth, but also quality and service culture.

Undoubtedly, one of the main advantages of St. Petersburg is its architectural appearance, sights of St. Petersburg. The city was built under the guidance Trezzini, Rastrelli, Kvasov, Voronikhin, Rossi, Stasova, Quarenghi Monfferana and other architects. Now St. Petersburg - the city of architectural harmony and European elegance, rigorous combination of architecture of different eras and different architectural styles. St. Petersburg offers to its guests to visit over 170 museums.

One of the most famous and great museums - the Hermitage - is located in St. Petersburg. The museum complex includes seven buildings located on the Neva River, Palace Square and the millionth street. The Hermitage collection includes more than three million items, presented in 400 rooms.

The world's largest collection of Russian art - The State Russian Museum. Collections of Russian museum consists of about 400 000 exhibits. They are works of all major trends and schools of national fine art, all its kinds and genres from X to XX century.

Another attraction of St. Petersburg - one of the largest cathedrals of the world, the largest in St. Petersburg, the former main cathedral of Russia - St Isaac's Cathedral. The Cathedral was built 40 years on the project Auguste Monferan. Temple can seat 10 thousand people. On the decoration of his took 400 kg of gold, 16 tons of malachite.

This number of bridges, both in St. Petersburg, in no city in Northern Europe.

Other attractions: Palace Square, the Winter Palace, Admiralty, Decembrists Square, Peter and Paul Fortress. Kazan Cathedral, the Cabinet of Curiosities, Church of Our Savior on the Blood and much more.

Suburbs of St. Petersburg:

• Pushkin. In honor of the great poet Alexander Pushkin called this city, formerly known as Tsarskoe Selo. Here in the XVIII century. was erected the Great Palace (in its creation attended the great architect Rastrelli) - one of the highest accomplishments of Russian architecture. Giant on the length of the palace is situated on the crest of a hill, on the slopes of which are widely spreads park ...

• Pavlovsk. Palace and Park Ensemble Pavlovsk - one of the great monuments of world art of XVIII century. The compositional center of Pavlovsk Park - Grand Palace, built by Charles Cameron project. Pavlovsk was stretched on the sides of a picturesque valley where flows a winding river Slavyanka.

• Petrodvorets. Petrodvorets (Peterhof, former), which spreads to the Gulf of Finland - the most spectacular suburb of St. Petersburg. It was built on the idea of Peter I and bears his name. Art treasures created here, brought to this suburb of glory during the lifetime of the founder of the XVIII century.

• Gatchina. "The air is healthy, the water is amazing, the beaches that surround the lovely lakes, form a pleasant promenade," - so wrote about Gatchina hundred years ago. And those words still true. Gatchina Palace, designed by architect A. Rinaldi, - a remarkable work of early classicism. He is a strict and elegant simplicity, an organic relationship with the surrounding landscape.

• Lomonosov. On the high ridge down to the sea, terraces, palaces and parks spread Lomonosov. Oranienbaum - the so-called city initially (which in German means "orange tree") - appeared at the beginning of XVIII century. and, just like the rest of the suburbs, built on throughout its history.

Museums in Leningrad region: Museum of Vyborg Castle, Gatchina literary-memorial museum PE Scherbova, National Memorial House Museum N. Rimsky-Korsakov, Ivangorod historical, architectural and art museum "Ivangorod Fortress", Museum House stationmaster. Branch: Cottage Museum nurse Pushkin Museum, Museum-Reserve "Old Ladoga", Museum of history of the city of Volkhov Museum, manor NK Roerich Museum-Reserve "Breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad", Sosnovoborsk Art Museum of Modern Art and others