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 Palace Square by kris-tLeave a Comment Address: Dvortsovaya Ploshchad
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 Alexander Column by kris-tLeave a Comment Address: Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploshchad)
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The Peter and Paul Fortress (Petropavlovskaya Krepost') is historical core of St.Petersburg. It is a monument of military and engineering craft. It was laid by the order and to the plot-plan of Peter the Great on May 1703 on Zayachy Island that is linked with Petrogradsky Island by Ioanovsky and Kronverksky bridges.
The Fortress forms an irregular hexagon stretched from West to East with 6 bastions at the corners. The fortress was constructed "in quite a haste" under supervision of Peter the Great and his closest associates. In 1706-1740 the walls of fortress that face the Neva River were lined with granite blocks. For defense of the northern approaches to the Peter and Paul Fortress the Kronverk fortifications were constructed on the southern bank of the Petrogradsky Island. A canal was dug in the territory of the fortress to bring construction materials and supply the garrison with water. It was filled up with ground in 1882. The parade Petrovsky gate is located in the Eastern Wall of the fortress. Vasiliev gate is in the Western Wall, Kronverk and Nicholas gates are in the Northern Wall, and Neva gate (leading to the jetty) is in the Southern Wall. Ioannovsky Ravelin was constructed in 1731-1740 outside the fortress on the eastern side, while 1733-1740 Alexeyevsky Ravelin was built on the western side.
The new Peter and Paul Cathedral of stone appeared in 1712-1733 in place of the old wooden church of St.Peter and St.Paul. The cathedral became the burial-vault of Russian Emperors. Leave a Comment Address: Saint-Petersburg, RussiaDirections: Metro: Gor'kovskaya
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 Kunstkamera by kris-tLeave a Comment Address: Basil Island (Vasilievsky Island)Directions: Basil Island (Vasilievsky Island)
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 The Prision by LanaFromRigaLeave a Comment Address: Zayachy Island
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 The Prision by LanaFromRigaLeave a Comment Address: Zayachy IslandDirections: Near the cherch of Peter and Pavel
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The cape of Basil Island (Vasilievsky Island) is called a Spit (Strelka) (Tongue of Land) because it sticks out into the Neva Riverin the shape of a spit and divides it into two estuaries. The spot ranks as one of the most prominent architectural sights in Saint- Petersburg. The two almost a hundred feet high redbrick.
Rostral Columns raised on the Spit in 1810 and designed by an architect Tomas de Tomon as a symbol of the naval supremacy of the Russian Empire and in honor of the Russian fleet victories. The shafts of the columns are decorated with the sculptural images of bows (rostra) of enemy ships. The five metre high allegoric statues installed at the foot of each column embody the four main Russian northern rivers: Volga, Dnieper, Neva and Volhov. The St.Petersburg Columns were designed as beacons or lighthouses as well and in 1957 the natural gas was laid up to the stone lighting cups at the top of each column, They are still fitted with gas lamps that are lit on ceremonial occasions. They are reminders that until the 1880s this part of Petersburg was a thriving port. Leave a Comment Address: Basil Island (Vasilievsky Island)
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The original name of the Square is Senat's Square, because there are the yellow and white buildings of a former Senat and Sinod, built in 1834 by Rossy. The Senat was the highest legislative body under the tsar and the Sinod was the main governing body of the Church. Now it houses the Central Historical Archives.
The most famous an impressive monument to the founder of St.Petersburg, Peter the Great, the Bronze Horseman, in the middle of the Square is the first monument in the city. Leave a Comment Address: Ploshchad' Dekabristov
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 Church by LanaFromRigaLeave a Comment Directions: Near The Russian Museum
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 by kris-tLeave a Comment Address: 32-38, Dvortsovaya nab.
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