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The Summer Garden (Russian: Летний сад, Letniy Sad) occupies an island between the Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter the Great. The park, first conceived by Peter in 1704, was laid out by foreign garden planners between 1712 and 1725 in a Dutch Baroque style. Three years later, the walks were lined with a hundre
Leningradskaya oblast Sankt-Peterburg Sightseeings Beautiful sites
Palace Square (Russian: Дворцовая площадь, Dvortsovaya Ploshchad), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire. It was the setting of many events of worldwide significance, including the Bloody Sunday (1905) and the October Revolution of 1917. The earliest and most celebrated building
Leningradskaya oblast Sankt-Peterburg Sightseeings Historical places of interest
The Church of Resurrection (Savior on Spilled Blood) was built as a historical and memorial center of all Russian people. The Cathedral was built in the memory of Emperor Alexander II, and his reforms, and served a symbol of repentance of the Russian people. The Savior on Spilled Blood is also a historical monument to the tragic events of March 1, 1881. The Cathedral should not be perceived
Leningradskaya oblast Sankt-Peterburg Sightseeings Architecture Churches and cathedrals
The ensemble of Smolny Cathedral of Resurrection for All Educational Establishments produces an unforgettable impression even though it had not been completed fully, and the grandiose 140 m belfry (18 m higher than that of Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral) had never been built. The cathedral amazes you as you approach because of its strange and mystical ability to decrease in size as you draw nea
Leningradskaya oblast Sankt-Peterburg Sightseeings Architecture Churches and cathedrals
