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one of the most beautiful cities of the world St. Petersburg, built to a
plain, is a city of architectural ensembles. You will see Palace Square
and the Winter Palace, the Square of Arts with the Russian museum, the Smolny
Convent, the famous Nevsky Avenue, the Summer Garden and the Field of Mars.
You will enjoy the classical ensemble of Senat Square with its legendary
"Bronze Horseman", the St. Isaac Cathedral and the building of
the Senate and the Synod, the cathedral's cupola and the spire of the Admiralty
and many other architectural monuments.
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- situated on a small island in the mouth of the Neva river was chosen by
Peter the Great to lay the foundation of St. Petersburg. It became Russia's
outpost in the Northern War against Sweden. The city's oldest building and
the burial site of every czar since Peter the Great. Peter imprisoned (and
later executed) his son Alexis in the fortress. Other famous prisoners were
Dostoyevsky, Gorky and Lenin's brother. The Fortress is a lovely place to
walk around in the late evening during White Nights.
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- the tour will take you to see the palaces and mansions on
the banks of some out of the 66 rivers and canals of "Northern Venice"
- Winter palace, Sheremetiev, Stroganov, Marble palace and Michael Castle,
the spire of Peter-and-Paul fortress and the sphinxes on the embankment:and
of course, bridges, the number of which exceeds 350. (by request).
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