Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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2.1 km
39 m
Explore Saint Petersburg in Russia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in Saint PetersburgSight 1: Церковь иконы Божией Матери «Знамение»
The Church of the Sign of the Most Holy Theotokos in St. Petersburg is a temple of the Old Believers of the Pomor Accord. It is located at Tverskaya Street, 8, letter A.
Wikipedia: Церковь Знамения Пресвятой Богородицы (Санкт-Петербург, старообрядческая) (RU), Website
Sight 2: Вселенная воды
The Universe of Water Museum Complex is a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is located at 56 Shpalernaya Street. The main exposition of the museum is located in the water tower, built in the brick style in 1859-1863 by the architect I. A. Mertz. The water tower, along with other buildings in the surrounding area, is part of the complex of the former main station of the St. Petersburg city water pipelines and is an architectural monument of regional significance.
Sight 3: Выставочный зал «Цветы»
The Flowers Exhibition Hall is a greenhouse located in the Central District of St. Petersburg, at the corner of Shpalernaya and Potemkinskaya Streets, and adjacent to the Tavrichesky Garden.
Wikipedia: Цветы (выставочный зал, Санкт-Петербург) (RU), Website, Vk
Sight 4: Anna Akhmatova
The monument to Anna Akhmatova was unveiled in St. Petersburg on September 28, 2006 on Voskresenskaya Embankment between houses 12 and 14.
Sight 5: Жертвам политических репрессий
Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression in Saint Petersburg is a monument dedicated to millions of people who suffered from state terror in the USSR. It is located at the descent to the water on the Voskresenskaya Embankment of the Neva River, separating it from the legendary Kresty Prison, where many political prisoners were held. The central element of the monument is a pair of sculptures of "metaphysical sphinxes" by artist Mihail Chemiakin. Executed in the spirit of modernism, they feature - their faces are divided vertically into two halves. Facing the residential buildings on the embankment, the sphinxes have profiles of young female faces, and facing the Kresty prison on the opposite bank are exposed skulls. This symbolizes the tragic division of the people during the Soviet years. Around the perimeter of the sculpture pedestals are plaques with texts dedicated to Soviet repression, written by famous writers and dissidents. Between the sphinxes is a structure made of granite blocks in the form of an early Christian cross with a prison window and a crown of thorns made of barbed wire. The architectural solution of the monument was designed by Vyacheslav Bukhayev and Anatoly Vasiliev. The memorial was opened at the initiative of the sculptor and city authorities on April 28, 1995.
Wikipedia: Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression (Saint Petersburg) (EN)
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