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SIGHTS, ART & MUSEUMS
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Metro «Gor'kovskaya»,
Downtown area
Zayachy Island, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000
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Culture, History, Sculpture, Sight
It was founded in 1703. It is the oldest architectural set of St. Petersburg. It lost its significance as a fortress and was a dungeon for those who were considered to be a threat to be state up untill 1917.
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Metro «Nevskiy Prospekt»,
Downtown area
Palace Square, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000
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Culture, Events, History, Painting, Sculpture, Sight
Heart of Saint-Petersburg, Palace Square placed between Nevsky avenue and embankment of Neva river. Lined by the imperious Winter Palace (now 'Hermitage') and the sweeping majesty of the General Staff building, this square is one of the world's most impressive inner-city expanses.
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Metro «Gostinnyy dvor»,
Downtown area
St Isaac Square, 1, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000
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Culture, History, Painting, Religion, Sculpture, Sight
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Metro «Nevskiy Prospekt»,
Downtown area
Inzhenernaya ulitsa, 4, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000
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Culture, History, Museum
The basic expositions consisting of the materials gathered before the Revolution of 1917 were opened to the public in 1923. In 1934 the Ethnographic Museum started to function as an independent one. Later its collections were enlarged, and after the World War II the museum got its modern name.
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Metro «Nevskiy Prospekt»,
Downtown area
naberezhnaya kanala Griboyedova, 2A, St Petersburg, Russia, 191011
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Culture, History, Religion, Sight
This legendary church os placed on Griboedov's Canal. It has stunning multi-colored domes in traditional russian manner. The church was originally built in memory of the assassination of Alexander II, killed by a bomb in 1881 on the exact spot the cathedral stands today.
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