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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Kazan_Cathedral%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg/400px-Kazan_Cathedral%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Kazan_Cathedral%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg/600px-Kazan_Cathedral%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Kazan_Cathedral%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg/800px-Kazan_Cathedral%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="296" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kazan_Cathedral,_Saint_Petersburg" title="Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg">Kazan Cathedral</a> at night 2006</figcaption></figure><p>The appearance of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a> includes long, straight boulevards, vast spaces, gardens and parks, decorative wrought-iron fences, monuments and decorative sculptures. The Neva River itself, together with its many canals and their granite <a href="/wiki/Dike_(construction)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dike (construction)">embankments</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bridges_in_Saint_Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Bridges in Saint Petersburg">bridges</a> help to give the city its particular ambience. </p><p>Saint Petersburg's position below the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Circle" title="Arctic Circle">Arctic Circle</a>, on the same <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">latitude</a> as nearby <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aberdeen" title="Aberdeen">Aberdeen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Oslo</a> (60° <a href="/wiki/Latitude" title="Latitude">N</a>), causes twilight to last all night in May, June and July. This phenomenon is known as the "white nights". The white nights are closely linked to another attraction — the eight <a href="/wiki/Drawbridge" title="Drawbridge">drawbridges</a> spanning the Neva. The bridges are drawn from May to late October according to a special schedule, between approximately 2 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. to allow shipping to pass up and down the river. Every night during the navigation period from April to November, 22 bridges across Neva and main canals are drawn to let ships pass in and out of the Baltic Sea.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Historic_Centre_of_Saint_Petersburg_and_Related_Groups_of_Monuments" title="Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments">historical center of Saint Petersburg</a> was the first Russian patrimony inscribed on the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> list of <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Canals_and_bridges">Canals and bridges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Landmarks_of_Saint_Petersburg&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Canals and bridges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Saint_Petersburg" title="List of bridges in Saint Petersburg">List of bridges in Saint Petersburg</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trinity_Bridge_in_Saint_Petersburg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Trinity_Bridge_in_Saint_Petersburg.jpg/220px-Trinity_Bridge_in_Saint_Petersburg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Trinity_Bridge_in_Saint_Petersburg.jpg/330px-Trinity_Bridge_in_Saint_Petersburg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Trinity_Bridge_in_Saint_Petersburg.jpg/440px-Trinity_Bridge_in_Saint_Petersburg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3600" data-file-height="2340" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Bridge_(Saint_Petersburg)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity Bridge (Saint Petersburg)">Trinity Bridge</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spb_06-2012_Griboedov_Canal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Spb_06-2012_Griboedov_Canal.jpg/220px-Spb_06-2012_Griboedov_Canal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Spb_06-2012_Griboedov_Canal.jpg/330px-Spb_06-2012_Griboedov_Canal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Spb_06-2012_Griboedov_Canal.jpg/440px-Spb_06-2012_Griboedov_Canal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4200" data-file-height="2782" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Griboyedov_Canal" title="Griboyedov Canal">Griboyedov Canal</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neva_Bridge_Bolsheohtinskiy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Neva_Bridge_Bolsheohtinskiy.jpg/220px-Neva_Bridge_Bolsheohtinskiy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Neva_Bridge_Bolsheohtinskiy.jpg/330px-Neva_Bridge_Bolsheohtinskiy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Neva_Bridge_Bolsheohtinskiy.jpg/440px-Neva_Bridge_Bolsheohtinskiy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Peter the Great's bridge (former Bolsheokhtinsky)</figcaption></figure><p>Saint Petersburg is built on what originally were more than 100 islands created by a maze of rivers, creeks, canals, gulfs, lakes and ponds and other bodies of water that flow into the Baltic Sea at the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Neva" title="Neva">Neva</a> river. </p><p>Peter the Great designed the city as another <a href="/wiki/Amsterdam" title="Amsterdam">Amsterdam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a>, with canals instead of streets and citizens skilful in sailing. Initially, there were only about ten bridges constructed in the city, mainly across ditches and minor creeks. According to Peter's plans, in the summer months, the citizens were supposed to move around in boats, and in the winter months when the water froze to move in sledges. However, after Peter's death, new bridges were built as it was a much easier way of transportation. Temporary <a href="/wiki/Pontoon_bridge" title="Pontoon bridge">pontoon bridges</a> were built across Neva in the summertime. The largest temporary bridge across the <a href="/wiki/Bolshaya_Neva" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolshaya Neva">Bolshaya Neva</a> was in operation from 1727 to 1850. </p><p>The first permanent bridge of bricks and stones across the main waters of Bolshaya Neva river was the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Schmidt_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge">Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge</a>, built from 1843 to 1850, and opened in 1850. </p><p>Today, there are 342 bridges over canals and rivers of various sizes, styles and constructions, built at different periods. Over 800 smaller bridges over smaller ponds and streams are gracing public parks and gardens. </p><p>Thanks to the intricate web of canals, Saint Petersburg is often called the "Venice of the North" which is a popular poetic name for the northern capital. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Palaces_of_the_Tsars">Palaces of the Tsars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Landmarks_of_Saint_Petersburg&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Palaces of the Tsars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PalaisCatherine-facade.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/PalaisCatherine-facade.jpg/220px-PalaisCatherine-facade.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/PalaisCatherine-facade.jpg/330px-PalaisCatherine-facade.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/PalaisCatherine-facade.jpg/440px-PalaisCatherine-facade.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3381" data-file-height="2254" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Palace" title="Catherine Palace">Catherine Palace</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tsarskoe_Selo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsarskoe Selo">Tsarskoe Selo</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Neva_Vasilyevsky.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Neva_Vasilyevsky.jpg/220px-Neva_Vasilyevsky.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Neva_Vasilyevsky.jpg/330px-Neva_Vasilyevsky.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Neva_Vasilyevsky.jpg/440px-Neva_Vasilyevsky.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kunstkamera" title="Kunstkamera">Kunstkamera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palace_Bridge" title="Palace Bridge">Palace Bridge</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Old_Saint_Petersburg_Stock_Exchange_and_Rostral_Columns" title="Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns">rostral column</a> and the spire of <a href="/wiki/Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral,_Saint_Petersburg" title="Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg">Peter and Paul Cathedral</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Summer_Palace_of_Peter_I.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Summer_Palace_of_Peter_I.jpg/220px-Summer_Palace_of_Peter_I.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Summer_Palace_of_Peter_I.jpg/330px-Summer_Palace_of_Peter_I.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Summer_Palace_of_Peter_I.jpg/440px-Summer_Palace_of_Peter_I.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2119" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Summer_Palace_of_Peter_the_Great" title="Summer Palace of Peter the Great">Summer Palace of Peter the Great</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Winterpalast_zwei_seiten2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Winterpalast_zwei_seiten2.JPG/220px-Winterpalast_zwei_seiten2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Winterpalast_zwei_seiten2.JPG/330px-Winterpalast_zwei_seiten2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Winterpalast_zwei_seiten2.JPG/440px-Winterpalast_zwei_seiten2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="590" data-file-height="377" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Winter_Palace" title="Winter Palace">Winter Palace</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spb_06-2012_MichaelCastle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Spb_06-2012_MichaelCastle.jpg/220px-Spb_06-2012_MichaelCastle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Spb_06-2012_MichaelCastle.jpg/330px-Spb_06-2012_MichaelCastle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Spb_06-2012_MichaelCastle.jpg/440px-Spb_06-2012_MichaelCastle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3418" data-file-height="2738" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._Michael%27s_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael's Castle">St. Michael's Castle</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spb_06-2012_Palace_Embankment_various_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Spb_06-2012_Palace_Embankment_various_01.jpg/220px-Spb_06-2012_Palace_Embankment_various_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Spb_06-2012_Palace_Embankment_various_01.jpg/330px-Spb_06-2012_Palace_Embankment_various_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Spb_06-2012_Palace_Embankment_various_01.jpg/440px-Spb_06-2012_Palace_Embankment_various_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4044" data-file-height="2573" /></a><figcaption>Façade of the Larger Marble Palace. For a night view see here.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure><p>Saint Petersburg is known as the city of <a href="/wiki/Palace" title="Palace">palaces</a>. One of the earliest of these is the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Palace_of_Peter_the_Great" title="Summer Palace of Peter the Great">Summer Palace</a>, a modest house built for <a href="/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter I of Russia">Peter I</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Garden" title="Summer Garden">Summer Garden</a> (1710–1714). Much more imposing are the <a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">baroque</a> <a href="/wiki/House" title="House">residences</a> of his associates, such as the <a href="/wiki/Kikin_Hall" title="Kikin Hall">Kikin Hall</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Menshikov_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Menshikov Palace">Menshikov Palace</a> on the Neva Embankment, constructed from designs by <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Trezzini" title="Domenico Trezzini">Domenico Trezzini</a> over the years 1710 to 1716. A residence adjacent to the Menshikov palace was redesigned for <a href="/wiki/Peter_II_of_Russia" title="Peter II of Russia">Peter II</a> and now houses the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_State_University" title="Saint Petersburg State University">State University</a>. </p><p>The baroque <a href="/wiki/Winter_Palace" title="Winter Palace">Winter Palace</a> (1754–1762) is a vast stately building with over 600 rooms and dazzlingly luxurious interiors, now housing the <a href="/wiki/Hermitage_Museum" title="Hermitage Museum">Hermitage Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Petersburg_1996_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Petersburg_1996-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same architect, <a href="/wiki/Bartolomeo_Rastrelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartolomeo Rastrelli">Bartolomeo Rastrelli</a>, was also responsible for three residences in the vicinity of the <a href="/wiki/Nevsky_Prospekt" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevsky Prospekt">Nevsky Prospekt</a>: the <a href="/wiki/Stroganov_Palace" title="Stroganov Palace">Stroganov Palace</a> (1752–1754, is now a branch of the <a href="/wiki/State_Russian_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="State Russian Museum">State Russian Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Illarionovich_Vorontsov" title="Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov">Vorontsov</a> palace (1749–1757, now a military school), and the <a href="/wiki/Anichkov_Palace" title="Anichkov Palace">Anichkov Palace</a> (1741–1750, many times rebuilt, now a palace for extracurricular schooling). Other baroque palaces include the <a href="/wiki/Sheremetev" title="Sheremetev">Sheremetev</a> house on the <a href="/wiki/Fontanka" title="Fontanka">Fontanka</a> embankment (also called the Fountain House), and the <a href="/wiki/Beloselsky-Belozersky_Palace" title="Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace">Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace</a> (1846–1848) on the Nevsky Prospekt, formerly a residence of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_Sergei_Alexandrovich_of_Russia" title="Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia">Grand Duke Sergey Aleksandrovich</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="St Michael's Castle">St Michael's (or Engineers') Castle</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Petersburg_1996_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Petersburg_1996-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a <a href="/wiki/Neoclassicism" title="Neoclassicism">Neoclassical</a> palace, was constructed for <a href="/wiki/Paul_I_of_Russia" title="Paul I of Russia">Emperor Paul</a> in 1797–1801 to replace the earlier <a href="/wiki/Summer_Palace_(Rastrelli)" title="Summer Palace (Rastrelli)">Summer Palace</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Tauride_Palace" title="Tauride Palace">Tauride Palace</a> of <a href="/wiki/Grigori_Aleksandrovich_Potemkin" class="mw-redirect" title="Grigori Aleksandrovich Potemkin">Prince Potemkin</a> (1783–1789), situated near the Smolny Institute, used to be a seat of the <a href="/wiki/Duma" title="Duma">first Russian parliament</a>, and now the Assembly of Independent States. Just two blocks from the Hermitage buildings is the <a href="/wiki/Marble_Palace" title="Marble Palace">Marble Palace</a>, commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Count_Orlov" class="mw-redirect" title="Count Orlov">Count Orlov</a> and built in 1768–1785 from 44 various sorts of <a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marble</a> to a Neoclassical design by <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Rinaldi_(architect)" title="Antonio Rinaldi (architect)">Antonio Rinaldi</a>, it is now part of the <a href="/wiki/State_Russian_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="State Russian Museum">State Russian Museum</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Mikhailovsky_Palace" title="Mikhailovsky Palace">Mikhailovsky Palace</a> (1819–1825), famed for its opulent interiors and named after its first owner, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_Michael_Pavlovich_of_Russia" title="Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia">Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich</a>, now houses the main collections of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Museum" title="Russian Museum">Russian Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Petersburg_1996_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Petersburg_1996-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also designed in the Neoclassical style is the <a href="/wiki/Yusupov" title="Yusupov">Yusupov</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Moyka_palace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Moyka palace (page does not exist)">Moyka palace</a> (built in the 1790s), where <a href="/wiki/Rasputin" class="mw-redirect" title="Rasputin">Rasputin</a> was killed by Prince Yusupov. Other palaces are the <a href="/wiki/Kirill_Razumovsky" title="Kirill Razumovsky">Razumovsky</a> palace (1762–1766); the <a href="/wiki/Peter_Ivanovich_Shuvalov" title="Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov">Shuvalov</a> palace (1830–1838); and the <a href="/wiki/Yelagin_Palace" title="Yelagin Palace">Yelagin Palace</a> (1818–1822), a sumptuous summer <a href="/wiki/Dacha" title="Dacha">dacha</a> of the imperial family, situated on the <a href="/wiki/Yelagin_Island" title="Yelagin Island">Yelagin Island</a>. The last Royal residences were built for <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia" title="Nicholas I of Russia">Nicholas I</a>'s children: the <a href="/wiki/Mariinsky_Palace" title="Mariinsky Palace">Mariinsky Palace</a> (1839–1844), located just opposite St Isaac's Cathedral, now houses the Saint Petersburg City <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> and Offices of Representatives, the <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Palace" title="Nicholas Palace">Nicholas Palace</a> (1853–61), and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Mikhaylovsky_Palace&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Mikhaylovsky Palace (page does not exist)">New Mikhaylovsky Palace</a> (1857-1861). All major palaces now house numerous state and private museums and various branches of the government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cathedrals_and_temples">Cathedrals and temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Landmarks_of_Saint_Petersburg&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cathedrals and temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While many cathedrals and buildings formerly owned by churches and monasteries still belong to the Russian government, since their seizure in 1917, some were eventually returned to congregations. The largest <a href="/wiki/Cathedral" title="Cathedral">cathedral</a> in the city is <a href="/wiki/St_Isaac%27s_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St Isaac's Cathedral">St Isaac's Cathedral</a>, said to have the largest gold-plated <a href="/wiki/Dome" title="Dome">dome</a> in the world. It was constructed 1818–1858 under the supervision of architects <a href="/wiki/Auguste_de_Montferrand" title="Auguste de Montferrand">Auguste de Montferrand</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Stasov" title="Vasily Stasov">Vasily Stasov</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kazan_Cathedral,_St._Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg">Kazan Cathedral</a> on the Nevsky Prospekt was modeled after <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter's Basilica">St Peter's, Vatican</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Empire_style" title="Empire style">Empire style</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Savior_on_Blood" title="Church of the Savior on Blood">Church of the Savior on Blood</a> (1883–1907), is a monument in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian architecture">old Russian style</a> which marks the spot of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia" title="Alexander II of Russia">Alexander II</a>'s assassination. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral,_Saint_Petersburg" title="Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg">Peter and Paul Cathedral</a> (1712–1732), a long-time <a href="/wiki/Symbol" title="Symbol">symbol</a> of the city, contains the <a href="/wiki/Sepulchre" class="mw-redirect" title="Sepulchre">sepulchers</a> of <a href="/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter I of Russia">Peter the Great</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Tsar" title="Tsar">Russian emperors</a>. The St. Nicholas Cathedral and the Great Choral Synagogue are near the Mariinsky Opera Theatre. Most cathedrals and temples operate today as places of worship as well as <a href="/wiki/Museum" title="Museum">museums</a>, and there are numerous other places of worship in all major religions. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg/170px-%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg/255px-%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg/340px-%D0%A1%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3510" /></a><figcaption>Smolny Cathedral</figcaption></figure> <p>Of baroque structures, the grandest is the white-and-blue <a href="/wiki/Smolny_Convent" title="Smolny Convent">Smolny Convent</a> (1748–1764), later the <a href="/wiki/Smolny_Institute" title="Smolny Institute">Smolny Institute</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Bartolomeo_Rastrelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartolomeo Rastrelli">Bartolomeo Rastrelli</a>, but never completed. It is followed by the <a href="/wiki/St._Nicholas_Naval_Cathedral" title="St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral">St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral</a> (1753–1762), a lofty structure dedicated to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Navy" title="Russian Navy">Russian Navy</a>, the outside being covered with <a href="/wiki/Commemorative_plaque" title="Commemorative plaque">plaques</a> to sailors lost at sea. The church of Sts. Simeon and Anna (1731–1734), <a href="/wiki/St._Sampson_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Sampson Cathedral">St. Sampson Cathedral</a> (1728–1740), St. Pantaleon Church (1735–1739), and <a href="/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Cathedral,_St._Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Andrew's Cathedral, St. Petersburg">St. Andrew's Cathedral</a> (1764–1780) are also notable. </p><p>The Neoclassical churches are numerous. Many of them are intended to dominate <a href="/wiki/Town_square" title="Town square">squares</a>, like St. Vladimir's Cathedral (1769–1789), not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Vladimir_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Our Lady of Vladimir Church">the church of Our Lady of Vladimir</a> (1761–1783). The <a href="/wiki/Transfiguration_Cathedral_(Saint_Petersburg)" title="Transfiguration Cathedral (Saint Petersburg)">Transfiguration Cathedral</a> (1827–29) and the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Cathedral,_St._Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity Cathedral, St. Petersburg">Trinity Cathedral</a> (1828–1835, fire-damaged) were both designed by <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Stasov" title="Vasily Stasov">Vasily Stasov</a>. Smaller churches include the Konyushennaya (1816–1823), also by Stasov, the "Easter Cake" church (1785–1787), noted for its droll appearance, St Catherine church on the <a href="/wiki/Vasilievsky_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasilievsky Island">Vasilievsky Island</a> (1768–1771), and numerous non-Orthodox churches on the Nevsky Prospekt. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky_Monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Nevsky Monastery">Alexander Nevsky Monastery</a>, intended to house the relics of St. <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky" title="Alexander Nevsky">Alexander Nevsky</a>, is graced by the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Cathedral_of_the_Alexander_Nevsky_Lavra" title="Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra">Holy Trinity Cathedral</a> and five smaller churches in various styles. The monastery is also one of three main centers of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> education in Russia, having the Russian Orthodox Academy and Seminary and the residence of the St. Petersburg Patriarch. It is also remarkable for its four cemeteries, the <a href="/wiki/Lazarevskoe_Cemetery_(Saint_Petersburg)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazarevskoe Cemetery (Saint Petersburg)">Lazarevskoe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazachye_Cemetery" title="Kazachye Cemetery">Kazachye</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikolskoe_Cemetery" title="Nikolskoe Cemetery">Nikolskoe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tikhvin_Cemetery" title="Tikhvin Cemetery">Tikhvin</a>, with graves of such dignitaries as writers <a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Dostoyevsky" class="mw-redirect" title="Fyodor Dostoyevsky">Fyodor Dostoyevsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Krylov" title="Ivan Krylov">Ivan Krylov</a>, composers <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Modest_Mussorgsky" title="Modest Mussorgsky">Modest Mussorgsky</a>, pianist <a href="/wiki/Anton_Rubinstein" title="Anton Rubinstein">Anton Rubinstein</a>, director <a href="/wiki/Georgy_Tovstonogov" title="Georgy Tovstonogov">Georgy Tovstonogov</a>, actors <a href="/wiki/Fyodor_Stravinsky" title="Fyodor Stravinsky">Fyodor Stravinsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vera_Komissarzhevskaya" title="Vera Komissarzhevskaya">Vera Komissarzhevskaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nikolay_Simonov" title="Nikolay Simonov">Nikolay Simonov</a>, mayor <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Sobchak" title="Anatoly Sobchak">Anatoly Sobchak</a> and many other notable Russians. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Grand_Choral_Synagogue_of_St._Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg">Grand Choral Synagogue of St. Petersburg</a> is the second largest in Europe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> It was opened in 1893, with the building permit obtained in 1869 from the Tsar <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia" title="Alexander II of Russia">Alexander II</a>. The Small Synagogue was opened in 1886. On 5 Tamuz 5761 (June 26, 2001), the greater hall ("Bolshoi Zal" in Russian) was reopened after reconstruction. </p><p>Two small churches in the early <a href="/wiki/Gothic_revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic revival">Gothic Revival</a> style, both designed by <a href="/wiki/Yury_Velten" class="mw-redirect" title="Yury Velten">Yuri Felten</a>, are the <a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%8C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%98%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5" class="extiw" title="ru:Церковь Рождества Иоанна Предтечи на Каменном острове">Nativity of John the Baptist</a> (1776–1781) and the <a href="/wiki/Chesme_Church" title="Chesme Church">Chesmenskaya</a> (1777–1780). The late 19th-century and early 20th-century temples are designed in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Revival">Russian Revival</a> or <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_architecture" title="Byzantine architecture">Byzantine Revival</a> styles. <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Mosque" title="Saint Petersburg Mosque">Saint Petersburg Mosque</a> (1909–1920), once the largest in Europe, is modeled after the <a href="/wiki/Gur-e_Amir" class="mw-redirect" title="Gur-e Amir">Gur-e Amir</a> Mosque in <a href="/wiki/Samarkand" title="Samarkand">Samarkand</a>. </p><p>St Petersburg Buddhist temple was the first in Europe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2007)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Construction was funded by subscriptions of the <a href="/wiki/Dalai_Lama" title="Dalai Lama">Dalai Lama</a> and Russian and Mongolian Buddhists; the structure was inaugurated in the presence of <a href="/wiki/Itigilov" class="mw-redirect" title="Itigilov">Itigilov</a> in 1914 and served as a valuable resource to transient <a href="/wiki/Buryats" title="Buryats">Buryats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalmyks" title="Kalmyks">Kalmyks</a> and other Buddhists during World War I. It did not function from 1935 to 1991, when the lamas were exiled to <a href="/wiki/Gulag" title="Gulag">gulags</a>, and the temple and its grounds were used for secular purposes. In 1991 the St. Petersburg <a href="/wiki/Datsan" title="Datsan">datsan</a> was reopened for worship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Museums_and_popular_sites">Museums and popular sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Landmarks_of_Saint_Petersburg&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Museums and popular sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palace_Square2,_St._Petersburg,_Russia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Palace_Square2%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg/220px-Palace_Square2%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Palace_Square2%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg/330px-Palace_Square2%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Palace_Square2%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg/440px-Palace_Square2%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Palace_Square" title="Palace Square">Palace Square</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Column" title="Alexander Column">Alexander Column</a>, view from the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Palace" title="Winter Palace">Winter Palace</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Admiralty_SPB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Admiralty_SPB.jpg/220px-Admiralty_SPB.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Admiralty_SPB.jpg/330px-Admiralty_SPB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Admiralty_SPB.jpg/440px-Admiralty_SPB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3700" data-file-height="2775" /></a><figcaption>Spire of the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_building,_Saint_Petersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg">Russian Admiralty</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spb_06-2012_MichaelPalace.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Spb_06-2012_MichaelPalace.jpg/220px-Spb_06-2012_MichaelPalace.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Spb_06-2012_MichaelPalace.jpg/330px-Spb_06-2012_MichaelPalace.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Spb_06-2012_MichaelPalace.jpg/440px-Spb_06-2012_MichaelPalace.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4510" data-file-height="2042" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/State_Russian_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="State Russian Museum">State Russian Museum</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Russian_Museum" title="Russian Museum">Mikhailovsky Palace</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:New_Holland_Island_Gates.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/New_Holland_Island_Gates.jpg/220px-New_Holland_Island_Gates.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/New_Holland_Island_Gates.jpg/330px-New_Holland_Island_Gates.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/New_Holland_Island_Gates.jpg/440px-New_Holland_Island_Gates.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2649" /></a><figcaption>Arch of the <a href="/wiki/New_Holland_Island" title="New Holland Island">New Holland Island</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Petropavlovskaia_Krepost_aerial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Petropavlovskaia_Krepost_aerial.jpg/220px-Petropavlovskaia_Krepost_aerial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Petropavlovskaia_Krepost_aerial.jpg/330px-Petropavlovskaia_Krepost_aerial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Petropavlovskaia_Krepost_aerial.jpg/440px-Petropavlovskaia_Krepost_aerial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1258" data-file-height="870" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress" title="Peter and Paul Fortress">Peter and Paul Fortress</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Building_in_Petersburg_2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Building_in_Petersburg_2.JPG/170px-Building_in_Petersburg_2.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Building_in_Petersburg_2.JPG/255px-Building_in_Petersburg_2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Building_in_Petersburg_2.JPG/340px-Building_in_Petersburg_2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1512" data-file-height="2016" /></a><figcaption>Former <a href="/wiki/Singer_Corporation" title="Singer Corporation">Singer</a>'s House (now a popular bookstore <a href="/wiki/Singer_House" title="Singer House">"House of Books"</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nevsky_Prospect,_St._Petersburg,_Russia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Nevsky_Prospect%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg/220px-Nevsky_Prospect%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Nevsky_Prospect%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg/330px-Nevsky_Prospect%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Nevsky_Prospect%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg/440px-Nevsky_Prospect%2C_St._Petersburg%2C_Russia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="527" /></a><figcaption>Nevsky Prospekt at night</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexandrinsky_Theatre_overview.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Alexandrinsky_Theatre_overview.jpg/220px-Alexandrinsky_Theatre_overview.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Alexandrinsky_Theatre_overview.jpg/330px-Alexandrinsky_Theatre_overview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Alexandrinsky_Theatre_overview.jpg/440px-Alexandrinsky_Theatre_overview.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3580" data-file-height="2371" /></a><figcaption>Alexandrine Theatre is the oldest Russian Drama theatre, named after <a href="/wiki/Pushkin" class="mw-redirect" title="Pushkin">Pushkin</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The ensemble of <a href="/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress" title="Peter and Paul Fortress">Peter and Paul Fortress</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Saints_Peter_and_Paul_Cathedral,_Saint_Petersburg" title="Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, Saint Petersburg">Peter and Paul Cathedral</a> takes dominant position on the right bank of the Neva river, across the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Palace" title="Winter Palace">Winter Palace</a> in the center of the city. A <a href="/wiki/Boardwalk" title="Boardwalk">boardwalk</a> was built along a portion of the fortress wall, giving visitors a clear view of the city across the river to the south. On the other bank of the Neva, the spit (Strelka) of the <a href="/wiki/Vasilievsky_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasilievsky Island">Vasilievsky Island</a> is graced by the <a href="/wiki/Old_Saint_Petersburg_Stock_Exchange_and_Rostral_Columns" title="Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns">Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange</a> (<i>Bourse</i>) (1805–1810), an important landmark in the style of the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Revival">Greek Revival</a>, is now home of the Russian Naval Museum. The spit of the Vasilievsky Island is designed as a classic lawn-park on the waterfront, and is highlighted by two tall and colorful <a href="/wiki/Rostral_Columns" class="mw-redirect" title="Rostral Columns">Rostral Columns</a>, decorated with statues and prows of battleships. This is a traditional place for music festivals and public events, such as the <a href="/wiki/White_Nights_Festival" title="White Nights Festival">White Nights Festival</a>. </p><p>The most famous of St. Petersburg's museums is the <a href="/wiki/Hermitage_Museum" title="Hermitage Museum">Hermitage</a>, one of the world's largest and richest collections of <a href="/wiki/European_art_history" class="mw-redirect" title="European art history">Western European art</a>. Its holdings were originally exhibited in the <a href="/wiki/Greek_Revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Greek Revival">Greek Revival</a> building (1838–1852) by <a href="/wiki/Leo_von_Klenze" title="Leo von Klenze">Leo von Klenze</a>, now called the <a href="/wiki/New_Hermitage" class="mw-redirect" title="New Hermitage">New Hermitage</a>. But the first Russian museum was established by Peter the Great in the <a href="/wiki/Kunstkamera" title="Kunstkamera">Kunstkammer</a>, erected in 1718–1734 on the opposite bank of the Neva River and formerly a home to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Russian Academy of Sciences">Russian Academy of Sciences</a>. Other important exhibitions are hosted by the <a href="/wiki/State_Russian_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="State Russian Museum">State Russian Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Museum_of_Ethnography" title="Russian Museum of Ethnography">Russian Museum of Ethnography</a> (1900–1911), <a href="/wiki/Stieglitz_Museum_of_Applied_Arts" title="Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts">Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts</a> (1885–1895), the <a href="/wiki/Suvorov_Museum_of_Military_History" class="mw-redirect" title="Suvorov Museum of Military History">Suvorov Museum of Military History</a> (1901–1904), and the Political History Museum (1904–06). </p><p>The imperial government institutions were housed in stately buildings, such as the <a href="/wiki/General_Staff_Building_(Saint_Petersburg)" title="General Staff Building (Saint Petersburg)">General Staff Building</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Palace_Square" title="Palace Square">Palace Square</a> (1820–1827), with a huge triumphal arch in the centre, the <a href="/wiki/Governing_Senate" title="Governing Senate">Senate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Synod" title="Synod">Synod</a> buildings on the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Senate_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Petersburg Senate Square">Senate Square</a> (1827–1843), the Imperial Cabinet (1803–1805) and the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_City_Duma" title="Saint Petersburg City Duma">City Duma</a> (1784–87) on the Nevsky Prospekt, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Assignation_Bank" title="Russian Assignation Bank">Assignation Bank</a> (1783–1790), the Customs Office (1829–1832), and the masterpiece of Russian architecture: the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_(Saint_Petersburg)" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty (Saint Petersburg)">Admiralty</a> (1806–1823), one of the city's most conspicuous landmarks. Most of Imperial palaces and state buildings were designed by reputable architects invited by the Russian Tsar's from European capitals, such as <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Trezzini" title="Domenico Trezzini">Domenico Trezzini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Quarenghi" title="Giacomo Quarenghi">Giacomo Quarenghi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_de_Thomon" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas de Thomon">Thomas de Thomon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bartolomeo_Rastrelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartolomeo Rastrelli">Bartolomeo Rastrelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Rossi_(architect)" title="Carlo Rossi (architect)">Carlo Rossi</a> and other foreign architects who settled in St. Petersburg and worked on numerous large-scale projects. Next came the generation of Russian-born architects and engineers, such as Zakharov, Stasov, Voronikhin, Starov, and other Russians who studied abroad and returned to work in St. Petersburg. </p><p>The former imperial capital is rich in science and educational institutions. <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_State_University" title="Saint Petersburg State University">Saint Petersburg State University</a> is based on Vasilievsky Island and in Peterhof. The university's baroque edifice of Twelve Collegia (1722–1744) was designed by <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Trezzini" title="Domenico Trezzini">Domenico Trezzini</a>. The <a href="/wiki/St.Petersburg_Academy_of_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="St.Petersburg Academy of arts">Academy of Arts</a> (1764–1788) overlooks a <a href="/wiki/Quay" class="mw-redirect" title="Quay">quayside</a> adorned with genuine <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> <a href="/wiki/Sphinx" title="Sphinx">sphinxes</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Smolny_Institute" title="Smolny Institute">Smolny Institute</a> (1806–1808), originally the first school for Russian women, was <a href="/wiki/Lenin" class="mw-redirect" title="Lenin">Lenin</a>'s headquarters during the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Revolution_of_1917" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Revolution of 1917">Russian Revolution of 1917</a>, is now the office of the Governor. The Catherine's Institute (1804–1807), also designed by Quarenghi, is now the <a href="/wiki/Russian_National_Library" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian National Library">Russian National Library</a>. Another Neoclassical building by Quarenghi, a roomy Horse Guards Riding School (1804–1807), is now the Central <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_hall" class="mw-redirect" title="Exhibition hall">Exhibition Hall</a>. </p><p>Some historic shops and <a href="/wiki/Warehouse" title="Warehouse">storehouses</a> are landmarks in their own right, such as the monumental <a href="/wiki/New_Holland_Arch" class="mw-redirect" title="New Holland Arch">New Holland Arch</a> (1779–1787) and adjacent walls of the <a href="/wiki/New_Holland_Island" title="New Holland Island">New Holland isle</a>. <a href="/wiki/Great_Gostiny_Dvor" title="Great Gostiny Dvor">The Merchant Court</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Nevsky_Prospekt" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevsky Prospekt">Nevsky Prospekt</a> (1761–1785), also designed by <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Vallin_de_la_Mothe" title="Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe">Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe</a>, houses the largest extant 18th-century shopping mall and supermarket in the world, now rebuilt and updated with several coffee bars and a <a href="/wiki/Gostiny_Dvor_(Saint_Petersburg_Metro)" title="Gostiny Dvor (Saint Petersburg Metro)">metro station</a>. Nearby are the Circular Market, erected in 1785–1790, and <a href="/wiki/Passage_(department_store)" title="Passage (department store)">the Passage</a>, one of the great covered <a href="/wiki/Arcade_(architecture)" title="Arcade (architecture)">arcades</a> of the mid-19th century. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nevsky_Prospekt" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevsky Prospekt">Nevsky Prospekt</a> is the main avenue of St. Petersburg connecting the <a href="/wiki/Winter_Palace" title="Winter Palace">Winter Palace</a> with the monastery at <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky_Lavra" title="Alexander Nevsky Lavra">Alexander Nevsky Lavra</a>. Nevsky is a busy shopping destination and center of entertainment and nightlife. Shopping malls, <a href="/wiki/Department_store" title="Department store">department stores</a>, business centers, built in a variety of styles, include the <a href="/wiki/Eliseyev_Emporium_(Saint_Petersburg)" title="Eliseyev Emporium (Saint Petersburg)">Elisseeff Emporium</a>, the House of Books, <a href="/wiki/Passage_(department_store)" title="Passage (department store)">The Passage</a>, and more. </p><p>St Petersburg is a home to more than 50 <a href="/wiki/Theatre" title="Theatre">theatres</a>. The oldest is the <a href="/wiki/Hermitage_Theatre" title="Hermitage Theatre">Hermitage Theatre</a>, which was a private palatial theatre of <a href="/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" title="Catherine the Great">Catherine the Great</a>, still preserving the complex stage machinery of the 18th century. The Alexandrine Theatre, built in 1828–1832 by Carlo Rossi, was named after the wife of <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia" title="Nicholas I of Russia">Nicholas I</a>. Most famous outside Russia is the <a href="/wiki/Mariinsky_Theatre" title="Mariinsky Theatre">Mariinsky Theatre</a> (former Kirov Theatre of Opera and Ballet), which has been styled the capital of the world <a href="/wiki/Ballet" title="Ballet">ballet</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Ciniselli_Circus" title="Ciniselli Circus">Ciniselli Circus</a> is one of the oldest circus buildings in the world. The Opera House at <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Conservatory" title="Saint Petersburg Conservatory">Saint Petersburg Conservatory</a>, the first in Russia, was founded in 1861 by <a href="/wiki/Anton_Rubinstein" title="Anton Rubinstein">Anton Rubinstein</a> and bears the name of <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Rimsky-Korsakov" title="Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov">Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov</a>; its alumni include <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Ilyich_Tchaikovsky" title="Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky">Tchaikovsky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev" title="Sergei Prokofiev">Prokofiev</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich" title="Dmitri Shostakovich">Shostakovich</a> who also taught here. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monuments_and_sculptures">Monuments and sculptures</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Landmarks_of_Saint_Petersburg&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Monuments and sculptures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Klodt_03.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Klodt_03.jpg/220px-Klodt_03.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Klodt_03.jpg/330px-Klodt_03.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Klodt_03.jpg/440px-Klodt_03.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>A horse tamer on the <a href="/wiki/Anichkov_Bridge" title="Anichkov Bridge">Anichkov Bridge</a> by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Clodt_von_J%C3%BCrgensburg" title="Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg">Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anichkov_bridge_horse_tamer_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Anichkov_bridge_horse_tamer_3.jpg/170px-Anichkov_bridge_horse_tamer_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Anichkov_bridge_horse_tamer_3.jpg/255px-Anichkov_bridge_horse_tamer_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Anichkov_bridge_horse_tamer_3.jpg/340px-Anichkov_bridge_horse_tamer_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>A horse tamer on the <a href="/wiki/Anichkov_Bridge" title="Anichkov Bridge">Anichkov Bridge</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Clodt_von_J%C3%BCrgensburg" title="Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg">Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/Beloselsky-Belozersky_Palace" title="Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace">Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace</a></figcaption></figure><p>Probably the most familiar symbol of St Petersburg is the <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_sculpture" class="mw-redirect" title="Equestrian sculpture">equestrian statue</a> of <a href="/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter I of Russia">Peter the Great</a>, known as the <i><a href="/wiki/Bronze_Horseman" title="Bronze Horseman">Bronze Horseman</a></i> and installed in 1782 on the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg_Senate_Square" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Petersburg Senate Square">Senate Square</a>. Considered the greatest masterpiece of the French-born <a href="/wiki/Etienne_Maurice_Falconet" class="mw-redirect" title="Etienne Maurice Falconet">Etienne Maurice Falconet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Pushkin" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleksandr Pushkin">Aleksandr Pushkin</a>'s poem about the statue figures prominently in the Russian literature under the name of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bronze_Horseman_(poem)" title="The Bronze Horseman (poem)">The Bronze Horseman</a></i>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Palace_Square" title="Palace Square">Palace Square</a> is dominated by the <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Column" title="Alexander Column">Alexander Column</a> (1830–1834), the tallest of its kind in the world and so nicely set that no attachment to the base is needed. A monument to <a href="/wiki/Generalissimo" title="Generalissimo">Generalissimo</a> <a href="/wiki/Aleksandr_Suvorov" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleksandr Suvorov">Suvorov</a>, represented as a youthful god of war, was erected in 1801 on the <a href="/wiki/Field_of_Mars_(Saint_Petersburg)" title="Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg)">Field of Mars</a>, formerly used for military parades and popular festivities. <a href="/wiki/Saint_Isaac%27s_Square" title="Saint Isaac's Square">Saint Isaac's Square</a> is graced by the <a href="/wiki/Monument_to_Nicholas_I" title="Monument to Nicholas I">Monument to Nicholas I</a> (1856–1859), which was spared by <a href="/wiki/Bolshevik" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolshevik">Bolshevik</a> authorities from destruction as the first <a href="/wiki/Equestrian_sculpture" class="mw-redirect" title="Equestrian sculpture">equestrian</a> statue in the world with merely two support points (the rear feet of the horse). </p><p>The public <a href="/wiki/Monument" title="Monument">monuments</a> of St Petersburg also include <a href="/wiki/Mikeshin" class="mw-redirect" title="Mikeshin">Mikeshin</a>'s circular statue of <a href="/wiki/Catherine_the_Great" title="Catherine the Great">Catherine II</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Nevsky_Prospekt" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevsky Prospekt">Nevsky Avenue</a>, fine horse statues on the <a href="/wiki/Anichkov_Bridge" title="Anichkov Bridge">Anichkov Bridge</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Auguste_Rodin" title="Auguste Rodin">Rodin</a>-like equestrian statue of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Russia" title="Alexander III of Russia">Alexander III</a> by <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Troubetzkoy" title="Paolo Troubetzkoy">Paolo Troubetzkoy</a>, and the Tercentenary monument presented by <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> in 2003 and installed on the <a href="/wiki/Sennaya_Square" title="Sennaya Square">Sennaya Square</a>. </p><p>Some of the most important events in the history of both the city and the Russian Empire are represented by particular monuments. The <a href="/wiki/Napoleon%27s_Invasion_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleon's Invasion of Russia">Russian victory</a> over <a href="/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a>, for example, was commemorated by the <a href="/wiki/Narva_Triumphal_Gate" class="mw-redirect" title="Narva Triumphal Gate">Narva Triumphal Gate</a> (1827–1834), and the victory in the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War,_1828-1829" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829">Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829</a> — by the <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Triumphal_Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Moscow Triumphal Gates">Moscow Triumphal Gates</a> (1834–1838). The <a href="/wiki/Piskarevskoye_Cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Piskarevskoye Cemetery">Piskarevskoye Cemetery</a> was opened in 1960 as a monument to the victims of the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad" title="Siege of Leningrad">900-Day Siege</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Suburban_parks_and_palaces">Suburban parks and palaces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Landmarks_of_Saint_Petersburg&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Suburban parks and palaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PeterhoffFountains.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/PeterhoffFountains.jpg/220px-PeterhoffFountains.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/PeterhoffFountains.jpg/330px-PeterhoffFountains.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/PeterhoffFountains.jpg/440px-PeterhoffFountains.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="545" /></a><figcaption>Peterhof: the Samson Fountain and Sea Channel</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Samson_and_Lion_Fountain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Samson_and_Lion_Fountain.jpg/170px-Samson_and_Lion_Fountain.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Samson_and_Lion_Fountain.jpg/255px-Samson_and_Lion_Fountain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Samson_and_Lion_Fountain.jpg/340px-Samson_and_Lion_Fountain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Samson and the Lion fountain in <a href="/wiki/Petergof" title="Petergof">Petergof</a></figcaption></figure> <p>St. Petersburg is surrounded by imperial residences, some of which are inscribed in the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage">World Heritage</a> list. These include: <a href="/wiki/Petergof" title="Petergof">Peterhof</a>, with the Grand Peterhof Palace and fountain cascades; <a href="/wiki/Tsarskoe_Selo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsarskoe Selo">Tsarskoe Selo</a>, with the baroque <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Palace" title="Catherine Palace">Catherine Palace</a> and the neoclassical <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Palace" title="Alexander Palace">Alexander Palace</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Pavlovsk_Palace" title="Pavlovsk Palace">Pavlovsk Palace</a>, which contains a domed palace of <a href="/wiki/Paul_I_of_Russia" title="Paul I of Russia">Emperor Paul</a> (1782–1786) and a large English-style park. </p><p>Much of Peterhof and Tsarskoe Selo had to be restored after being blown up by the retreating Germans in 1944. 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