Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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7.4 km
128 m
Experience Saint Petersburg in Russia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Individual Sights in Saint PetersburgSight 1: Водонапорная башня завода «Красный гвоздильщик»
The water tower of the Krasny Gvozdilshchik plant is located in St. Petersburg, at the 25th line of Vasilievsky Island, 4, on the corner with the Maslyany Canal. It is recognized as an example of the style of constructivism and the Soviet avant-garde.
Wikipedia: Водонапорная башня завода «Красный гвоздильщик» (RU)
Sight 2: Submarine S-189
S-189 is a Project 613B diesel submarine of the Soviet Navy.
Sight 3: Ivan Krusenstern
The Monument to I. F. Krusenstern is a sculptural monument to the Russian navigator, Admiral I. F. Krusenstern, located in St. Petersburg on the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment opposite the Marine Corps building. It was made in 1873 according to the project of the sculptor I. N. Schroeder and the architect I. A. Monighetti. The monument is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.
Sight 4: Philosophy Ship
The philosophers' ships or philosopher's steamers were steamships that transported intellectuals expelled from Soviet Russia in 1922.
Sight 5: Domenico Trezzini
A monument to architect and engineer Domenico Trezzini was erected in St. Petersburg on Trezzini Square near the Trezzini House near the University Embankment and the Annunciation Bridge in the Vasileostrovsky district of the city.
Sight 6: Ancient Egyptian sphinx
Quay with Sphinxes is a quay at the Universitetskaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg, in front of the Imperial Academy of Arts. It is remarkable for the two ancient sphinxes that were brought from Egypt to Russia at the height of Egyptomania in 1832. The quay was completed in 1834.
Sight 7: Menshikov Palace
The Menshikov Palace is a Petrine Baroque edifice in Saint Petersburg, situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on Vasilyevsky Island. Since 1981, it has served as a public museum, a branch of the Hermitage Museum.
Wikipedia: Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg) (EN), Website
Sight 8: Раскрытая книга
The monument "Open Book" is a commemorative symbol installed in St. Petersburg on the University Embankment opposite the building of St. Petersburg State University. Another name is "Message Through the Ages". The grand opening of the monument took place on October 25, 2002, on the eve of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the city and the 265th anniversary of the Vasileostrovsky district.
Sight 9: Carpenter King
The Tsar Carpenter is a monument to Peter I, originally erected in St. Petersburg on the Admiralty Embankment in 1910 according to the model of the sculptor L. A. Bernstam and restored in 1996. L. A. Bernshtam was "the favorite sculptor of the sovereign", Emperor Nicholas II. Bernshtam created five models of monuments dedicated to the tsar-reformer. One of them was shown at the World's Fair in Paris in 1900. During his visit to Paris, the Emperor was particularly pleased with the plaster models of two monuments made by Bernstam: "Peter I rescues drowning fishermen near the village of Lakhta in November 1724" and "Peter I is studying shipbuilding in the city of Saardam in Holland in 1697" ("The Carpenter Tsar"), and he ordered them to be cast in bronze as a gift to the city of St. Petersburg.
Sight 10: Мало-Михайловский дворец
The Palace of Mikhail Mikhailovich is a palace in the center of St. Petersburg, an architectural monument. It was built according to the project of Maximilian Messmacher. It is called a palace, although it was never used for its intended purpose, since Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich was expelled from Russia after his marriage to Sophia Merenberg.
Sight 11: Peter the Great
The Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was opened to the public on 7 (18) August 1782. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet. The statue influenced a 1833 poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, which is widely considered one of the most significant works of Russian literature. The statue is now one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg.
Sight 12: Farnese Hercules
The Farnese Hercules is an ancient statue of Hercules, probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD and signed by Glykon, who is otherwise unknown; he was an Athenian but he may have worked in Rome. Like many other Ancient Roman sculptures it is a copy or version of a much older Greek original that was well known, in this case a bronze by Lysippos that would have been made in the fourth century BC. This original survived for over 1500 years until it was melted down by Crusaders in 1205 during the Sack of Constantinople. The enlarged copy was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, where the statue was recovered in 1546, and is now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples. The heroically-scaled Hercules is one of the most famous sculptures of antiquity, and has fixed the image of the mythic hero in the European imagination.
Sight 13: Nikolay Przhevalsky
The monument to Nikolai Mikhailovich Przhevalsky in St. Petersburg is located in the Alexander Garden in the Admiralty district of the city. The monument is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.
Sight 14: Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
The Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Lutheran church in the center of St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt. Divine services are held regularly on Sundays from 10:30 in German and Russian. The rector of the parish, Pastor Michael Schwarzkopf, is also the head of the North-West Probate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the European Part of Russia. Also in the church building is the office of the Archbishop of the Union of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
Wikipedia: Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (EN), Vk, Facebook, Website
Sight 15: Saint Mary Church
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Mary is an Evangelical Lutheran church located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1805 and refurbished in 2002. Its address is: Bolshaya Konyushennnaya Ulitsa 8A, off Nevsky Prospekt. It is usually called the Finnish church and is one of the oldest and largest Protestant churches in Russia.
Sight 16: Academic Chapel
The St. Petersburg State Academic Capella, is the oldest active Russian professional musical institution with a history dating back to 1479. It is based in the city of Saint Petersburg. It has had various names over the years, including "St. Peterburg Court Chapel" and the "Glinka State Choir of St. Petersburg".
Wikipedia: St. Petersburg State Academic Capella (EN), Website
Sight 17: The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood
The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, Russia which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time. The structure was constructed between 1883 and 1907. It is one of Saint Petersburg's major attractions.
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