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10 ❯❯ Top 10 St Petersburg Highlights

St Petersburg Highlights

From the pre-revolutionary grandeur of the Hermitage to
the ubiquitous reminders of the country’s Soviet period,
St Petersburg is a city where eras and architectural styles
collide. Blessed with magnificent skylines, the city has been the
inspiration for many of Russia’s greatest writers, from Gogol to
Dostoevsky. Known as “The Venice
of the North”, Russia’s second city
is a place of won der and enigma. Aleksandr
Aleksandrovskiyovskiy
Park Park KAMENNOOSTROVSKIY
KRONVERKSKIY PROSPEKT PROSPEKT
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PETROGRADSKAYAADSKAYA
Lomonosov Gulf of St Petersburg KRONVERKSKIY PROSPEKT PROSPEKT
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Finland STORONA 0 metr 800 800
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Peterhof M20 P21 Zoo Zoo 0 yar 0 yardsds 800 800
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A121
Strelna Kupchino
Ligovo Trinit Trinityy
Bridge
Nevskiy Prospekt Razbegaevo A118 Gorelovo Bridge
The cultural heart of the Ropsha Krasnoe Kolpino Birzhev N e v a N e v a
Selo
Birzhevoyoy
city is home to many top sights, A180 Tsarskoe M10 Most Most Letniy Letniy
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including the Cathedral of Our 0 km 10 P23 NAB MAKAROVA NAB LEBYAZHEVO
DVORTSOVAYA NAB KANALA
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Lady of Kazan (see p68). 0 miles 10 Pavlovsk DVORTSOVAYA NAB Marsovo Pole
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NAB MAKAROVA
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The Hermitage VASILE OSTROVV Dvor Dvortsovyytsovyy Most
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NAB LEYTENANTA SHMIDTA
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This opulent former NAB LEYTENANTA SHMIDTA DVORTSOVAYA PLOSHCHADA UL
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Bolshaya Neva
reside nce of the tsars Bolshaya Neva ADMIRALTEYSKAYA NAB PLOSHCHAD SADOVAYA UL NAB REKI FONTANKI
ISKUSSTVV
has one of the PLOSHCHAD ISKUSST SADOVAY
ANGLIYSKAYA NABEREZHNAYA PLOSHCHAD
DEKABRISTOVOV
world’s largest DEKABRIST NEVSKIY PROSPEKT
KONNOGVARDEYSKIY
NEVSKIY PROSPEKT
KONNOGVARDEYSKIY
art collec tions, ANGLIYSKAYA NABEREZHNAYA TSENTRALNYY
NAB REKI FONTANKI
TSENTRALNYY
BOL MORSKAYA UL
SADOVAYA ULITSA
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PLOSHCHAD
PLOSHCHAD
with master pieces BULVAR BULVAR BOL MORSKAYA UL GOROKHOVAYA UL RAYON OSTROVSKOVO
OSTROVSKOVO
by Leonardo da Vinci SADOVAYA ULITSA
GOROKHOVAYA UL
and Michelangelo VOZNESENSKIY PR VOZNESENSKIY PR PER GRIVTSOVA
UL DEKABRISTOV
(see pp14–17). UL DEKABRISTOV
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Church on PLOSHCHAD
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Spilled Blood
The twisted, colourful
domes of this church
make it one of the
city’s most famous
land marks (see
pp18–19).
Mariinskiy Theatre
World-class ballet and opera
can be seen at the Mariinskiy
Theatre, the Mariinskiy II and the
Concert Hall (see pp20–21).
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