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Saint Petersburg: more of the See list
Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Saint Petersburg: 7 stops, about 1.3 km and 52 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go.
7 stops · 1.3 km · about 52 min on foot · Wikivoyage source · fetched 2026-11-07 02:08:38 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go.
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State Hermitage Museum
A massive palace-museum showing the highlights of a collection of over 3,000,000 pieces of international art, primarily western European art. Hosted in the Winter Palace, the former main residence of the Russian tsars. The Hermitage is truly one of the world's great museums, with an imposing setting displaying priceless works by Rembrandt, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rubens and more, including many pieces that were looted from Central and Eastern Europe by the Red Army during World War II. Getting a tour guide is recommended: the additional information they impart can be well worth the price, and
59.94100, 30.31290 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Alexander Column
Dedicated to the Russian victory over Napoleonic France in the Patriotic War of 1812. This work holds second place, in importance, on the biography of architect Auguste Montferrand, after the construction of St. Isaac's Cathedral. The Angel sculpture was executed by talented sculptor Boris Orlovsky. The Column was inaugurated in 1834. A distinctive feature of the Alexander Column is that it's a granite monolith height 25.6 m, standing only by gravity. The total height of the monument is 47.5 m, taller than similar monuments: the Vendome column in Paris (in honor of the victories of Napoleon),
59.93917, 30.31583 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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The General Staff building of the Hermitage
Designed by Carlo Rossi and built in 1819-1829, this is a building laid out in the shape of an arch, with an arch, in Palace Square. The building consists of two blocks, forming a 580-meter arc. There is a triumphal arch, dedicated to the victory in the War of 1812, decorated with a sculptural composition in the form of a chariot drawn by six horses. In the chariot is the winged goddess of Fame, holding a standard in his left hand, and a laurel branch in the right. The composition is made by sculptors Stepan Pimenov and Vasily Demuth-Malinovsky. Inside is a museum where paintings of many famou
59.93810, 30.31720 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Stroganov Palace
Now the palace is a branch of the Russian Museum. The palace was built to Bartolomeo Rastrelli's designs for Baron Sergei Grigoriyevich Stroganov in 1753-1754. The interiors were remodeled by Andrei Voronikhin at the turn of the 19th century. The main façade of the Stroganov palace faces Nevsky Prospect. Here, Rastrelli rejects the cour d'honneur in the French manner. By this time, Rastrelli has developed his own style based on exploring the impressive façade, which implies the presence of three risolites, the subordination to a single center, rejection of verticalization, and stretching the b
59.93574, 30.32077 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
It is one of the oldest and largest Protestant churches in Russia. It was and still is called the German church as its members were mostly German-speaking.
59.93670, 30.32390 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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House of the Jesuit Order
An architectural monument, apartment house, built in 1801-1805 by the architect Luigi Rusca, one member of the Jesuit order.
59.93670, 30.32778 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Catholic Church of St. Catherine
This is the oldest Catholic church in Russia, and the only church in Russia with the title of minor basilica. On October 7, 1783, the church was completed. Because the Empress at the time was Catherine II of Russia (also known as Catherine the Great), the church was named after St. Catherine of Alexandria. Under the Soviets, the activities of the church were repressed. For 30 years, the building was used only as storage space for the nearby "Museum of History of Religion and of Atheism" located in former Our Lady of Kazan Church. Since the 1980s the government used the building as offices and
59.93570, 30.32900 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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