- Catherine Palace and Park (Filled with 18th-century paintings and ornate rooms, this white and gold palace is surrounded by a 1400-acre park complete with fountains, bridges, the Agate Pavilion bathhouse and the Great Pond. The Palace also has a famous Amber Room, stolen by Nazi troops during WWII, but now recreated by Russian craftsmen.)
- Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood (The Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood (known locally as Spas na Kravi) is a beautiful gold-draped onion-domed church on the Griboedova Canal, one of the many waterways in the old Russian capital. There are over 7,000 Square METERS of beautiful mosaics.)
- Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art (Erarta brings under one roof Russia's largest private Museum of Contemporary Russian Art with over 2,000 works in its collection.)
- Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall (http://www.mariinsky.ru/en)
- Palace Bridge (This simply designed bridge crossing the Neva River is best known for the magnificent view it creates when its elevated platforms frame the gilded spire of the SS Peter & Paul Cathedral rising in the background.)
- Pavlovsk Palace and Park (Once the hunting grounds of czars, this 1,500-acre park contains an aviary, charming foot bridges, trails, ponds, gardens and the sprawling palace that belonged to Paul I.)
- Peterhof Palace and Garden (Once a formal garden built for Peter the Great, this popular park still has more than 80 of the original marble statues and sculptures and houses Peter's Summer Palace, a simply designed two-story building that now displays many of the ruler's own artifacts.)
- Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment (Celebrated Russian poet Alexander Pushkin died tragically in this apartment building, which is now a museum honoring his life and works.)
- St. Isaac's Cathedral (This gold-domed, ornate, 19th-century cathedral is the third largest domed cathedral in the world, and offers visitors a 300-step climb to a spectacular view of the city.)
- State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace (One of the most famous art museums in the world, this museum is housed in the Winter Palace, and contains over 2.7 million exhibits including some of the world's greatest works of art.)
- State Russian Museum (Countless masterpieces, ranging from 12th-century icons to 20th-century paintings, are displayed at this important art museum housed in the splendid and historically significant Mikhailovsky Palace.)
- Yusupov Palace (The horrific murder of Rasputin, the notorious "mad monk," took place in this stately palace, which offers guided tours of the scene of the crime.)
oct 19 2012 ∞
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