10 evidence that St. Petersburg - the most beautiful city in Europe

Prize World Travel Awards, the most prestigious award in the field of tourism, was awarded the city of St. Petersburg - a city recognized as a leading destination for tourism in Europe. To determine the winners of this award have been launched earlier voting among travelers and people working in the tourism sector. Numerous palaces and churches of Peter and rich history make the city an ideal place for tourists.

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Church of the Savior on Blood Church of the Savior on the Blood of Christ - is built on the spot where in 1881 there was an attempt on the life of Emperor Alexander II of, in which he was mortally wounded.



In addition to the external brilliance, inside the temple is a veritable museum of mosaics.



Winter dvorets

The Winter Palace, in the past -. The main Russian Imperial Palace, is located in the Palace Square



The area has an interesting architectural multiplicity: the palace itself is made in the Baroque style and the headquarters building Guards Corps - in the classical style

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When Catherine II, in which the construction of the Palace was finally completed, bought from the Berlin merchant art collection, she ordered the construction of another two-story building for the storage of paintings. Now Hermitage keeps about 700,000 works of art.

River Moyka

Bolsheokhtinsky most

Smolny Cathedral can be seen in the background.

Isaac's sobor

The church was built in 1858. In 1930 it was closed and then became a museum.



The impressive interior is covered with detailed mosaics that complement the beautiful columns of malachite and lapis lazuli.



Alexander sad

Book House (House Singer) 71,214,613

Nikolsky sobor

This church - the tallest building in Kronstadt

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Like many other churches of St. Petersburg, it is covered in amazingly colorful mosaics.

Catherine dvorets

The palace is located in Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin).



The daughter of Catherine I, Elizabeth, reconstructed the palace in 1734. Initially no different wealth - after the reconstruction of the palace was the stretch of 1 km, and from the outside it now covers more than 99 kg of gold

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Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna used the palace as his summer residence.



Amber Room - a legendary part of the palace. Over 453 kg of amber was used for its finishing.



In 1941, the room was destroyed as a result of the capture of the palace by the Nazis. 40 years later, the Amber Room was reconstructed - it took 20 years. In 2003 it was reopened.

Grand Palace in Petergofe





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