Cities of the World St. Petersburg Russia

After the maritime victory over the Swedish army, Peter I the Great decided that he is going tobuild a city on the small islands and lagoons of the mouth of the river Neva. The Russian,Italian and French masters dreamed wonderful Baroque and Classicist palaces to the banks ofthe canals. The Church of the Savior on Blood, the Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, the Peter and PaulFortress, the blue white and gold Smolny and the Winter Palace all make the city of whitenights unforgettable. The Hermitage has one of the largest art collections of the world, but forthose who find this less than enough, there is the Russian Museum, and the suburbs ofPeterhof, Pushkin and Pavlovsk.Neva river and the bridgesThe Church of the Savior on BloodMikhailovsky PalaceRussian MuseumNevsky ProspektWinter Palace, HermitageAdmiraltySt. Isaac’s CathedralSt. Nicholas CathedralPeter and Paul FortressAurora cruiserSmolnyPeterhofPushkinPavlovskWhite nights and the Red Sails Day