St. Petersburg, Russia’s
cultural capital and a city with
broad avenues, museums and architectural and
artistic monuments is surely among the top world destinations. Some of the most famous
tourist attractions are: the Hermitage, St.
Isaac's Cathedral and the Mariinsky Theatre. With its political and Imperial past, many of St. Petersburg’s artists and writers have been influenced by the city's 300-years history.
The city is
built across the Neva River delta and is surrounded by hundred tributaries and
canals. There are 800 bridges crossing them and boat trips are essential part
of any sightseeing activity around town.
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St. Petersburg is also known as the
museum city. Peter the Great founded the city's first museum, Kunstkammer.
Today there are more than 100 museums, including one of the world's most famous
galleries, small apartment museums honoring some of Russia's greatest writers.
St. Petersburg is a home
to numerous remarkable public buildings, which range in function from riding
schools to railway stations, from government offices to upmarket stores. The city boasts a huge number of palaces with rich and
varied interior and a rococo or Russian Revival styles. You can discover
several historic mansions and villas that once belonged to the rich and famous
in pre-Revolutionary Russia.
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