This is an artwork in the memory of more than 1 million people who died in the siege of 872 days of the city by Nazi troops during the Second World War. Ironically, Avtovo Station, Petersburg, built in 1955, is more alike than superficially with another famous symbol: the American Capitol. The Neoclassical domed roof rises above the station of grand marble columns and mosaics. The authors of the architectural design are Eugene Levinson and Andrew Gruska. Th...
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The Church of St. Peter, located in the Old City is one of the great monuments of culture. The church of St. Peter's Lutheran Church is known as a cultural and a tourist center. The church of Sts. Peter is mentioned in the story of 1209. The church of St. Peter's was built as a city church. The construction of the church was made due to the donated money by merchants and craftsmen who had their altars i...
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The Sea of Japan is located in the Pacific Ocean, separated by the Sakhalin Island and the Japanese islands. It washes the shores of Japan, Korea, North Korea and Russia. The Sea of Japan belongs to the largest and the deepest seas of the world.
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A monument to the Chizhyk-Pyzhik was installed in St. Petersburg on November 19, 1994. This is one of the smallest sites in the world.
The monument represents a small bird standing on a small pedestal. The singularity of this monument is that it is installed on the reverse side of the embankment. The unusual monument is loved by the local people an...
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Kiev is the largest city and the capital of the Ukraine. It is located on the Dnieper River in the north-central part of the Ukraine. Kiev is a separate administrative unit, the cultural and the governmental center of the country, as well as the administrative center of the Kiev region. Kiev is a leading political, social, economic and scientific center. All nation-wide government and local governments, foreign e...
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Rome, also known as Caput Mundi during the Roman Empire, is the capital of Italy since 1870. Rome is the home for the Catholic Church and for the Italian Government. It is situated on the banks of the Tiber River. It is the most populated and the biggest city located in the very heart of the Italian peninsu...
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The Hermitage is a state treasury, which is completing its stores and storage during several centuries. Therefore, the number of its museum exhibits is enormous. The State Hermitage Museum has a collection, numbering about three million works of art and monuments of world culture. In its structure are present painting, drawing, sculpture and applied art, archaeological and numismatic materials. The Hermitage is one of the largest art museums in the wor...
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The Peterhof Palace is actually a series of palaces and gardens located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great. These Palaces and gardens are sometimes referred as the "Russian Versailles". The palace-ensemble along with the city centre is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.The most prominent architectural landmark of Peterhof palace and park ensembled is a huge baroque building of the Peterhof Palace, also known as “Petrodvorets”. The palace was...
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Hermitage Museum is the largest art gallery of Russia, one of the most remarkable museums in the world and certainly the main attraction in St. Petersburg. Hermitage Museum was founded as a collection of art works by Empress Catherine the Great in 1764, and opened to the public in 1852.
The main building of the Hermitage Museum is the Winter Palace, built by the architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1754-1762), in Baroque style. The first p...
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Summer Garden in St. Petersburg was founded in 1704 by order of Tsar Peter the Great who also was personally involved in its plan. Strict geometrical principles are specific to the Dutch baroque style, the alleys are symmetrical trees have perfect shapes, the wells are important focal points. The initial plan belongs to Leblon. In the garden, marble statues to be found especially in Europe and of course, rare flowers and impressive fountains. It was originally created for the aris...
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Quarter around St Peter's Benedictine monastery is the oldest district of Salzburg. The main entrance to the monastery is located facing a side entrance from Franziskanerkirche (St. Fancisc). Monastery of St. Peter in Salzburg is the oldest monastery in the German world. There are people who say it is the oldest continuously active monastery north of the Alps. The monastery was restored to the feet of St. Rupert in the year 696.
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This magnificent building is the center of Christianity. The opulence of its interior testifies the richness of the Catholic Church in the sixteenth century. Emperor Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, ordered the construction of St. Peter Basilica on the Vatican hill. The location was chosen symbolically, on the spot where St. Peter, one of the apostles, was buried in AD 64. A small shrine already existed on the site, but it was replaced with a church which would be com...
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