About Saint Petersburg

Maps of Saint-Petersburg
• Center of Saint-Petersburg ( 1,6 M)
• Sector of the Library Main Building
• Sector of the Library New Building

• Metro (Underground Railway) Map

The Main Building of the Library is located near metro stations:

• GOSTINY DVOR
• NEVSKY PROSPECT

The New Building of the Library is located near the metro station:

• PARK POBEDY

St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 21st century resembles a sportsman who has just started a marathon race - the city celebrated its 300 than universary in 2003 and is now preparing for its fourth century of existence. Admittedly a few centuries is not a great age for a city, but during its three hundred years of rapid growth and development, St. Petersburg has become the "eternal city", whose beauty and internal harmony have no equal.

Although constructed according to the latest European architectural art standards, the city on the Neva is surprisingly unified and original. The symphony in stone of St. Petersburg's palaces, squares, avenues and quays, the Neva, canals, its unreal Northern sky, sometimes dim and, at other times, with eye-blinding sunlight create an inspiring atmosphere.

Main points of interest

World-known Palaces-museums

• Hermitage
• Yusupov Palace
• Menshikov Palace
• Russian Museum
• Ethnographical Museum
• Naval Museum

Palaces-museums near St. Petersburg

• Tsarskoye Selo
• Peterhof
• Pavlovsk

St. Petersburg Churches & Cathedrals

• St. Isaac's Cathedral
• Church of Our Saviour on the Spilled Blood
• Kazan Cathedral
• Peter and Paul Cathedral
• Smolny Cathedral
• Sampsonievsky Cathedral

Unusual museums

• Kunstkamera
• Pushkin museum

Sights, churches, galleries, museums, theatres and concert halls, dining, shops on the official web-site of the City Government

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