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Saint Petersburg: a city of palaces, canals, and bridges (Photodisc)
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Family Overview: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Saint Petersburg is a city of magnificent proportions and palaces. By 1703 Peter the Great began construction of the Peter and Paul Fortress, the first stage in his plan to build a new port city that would function as a "window on the West." Canals helped morph the former swampland into a showcase. By 1712 Saint Petersburg reigned as Russia's capital. By the end of the 19th century, 300 palaces graced the streets. Many still exist, but as museums or apartments. An impressive city of canals and bridges—by some counts 42 islands and 400 bridges, Saint Petersburg ranks as Russia's cultural capital.
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Angleterre Hotel
Bolshaya Morskaya 39
St Petersburg 190000 Map Distance: 2.8 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: 
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Novotel St Petersburg Centre
Mayakovskogo
3a Nevsky Prospekt
SAINT PETERSBURG Map Distance: 5.2 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: 
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AttractionsThe State Hermitage Museum and the Winter Palace
Entrance to Hermitage main collection: through courtyard of Winter Palace, from Palace Sq
1 Palace Sq St. Petersburg, Russia Distance: 1.6 mi. (from destination center) Description: The Winter Palace would be a museum itself even if it didn't... Read More
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Peterhof
18 miles west of St. Petersburg
2 Razvodnaya Ulitsa St. Petersburg, Russia Distance: 12.3 mi. (from destination center) Description: The Peterhof royal estate is a spectacular series of palaces, gardens, and fountains that were... Read More
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Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood (Tserkov Spasitelya Na Krovi)
Embankment of the Griboyedov Canal
2b Naberezhnya Kanala Griboyedova St. Petersburg, Russia Distance: 1.6 mi. (from destination center) Description: St. Petersburg's most-photographed church, this cathedral is a mountain of blindingly... Read More
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