St. Petersburg |
Saint Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in the world with enormously rich cultural legasy. City s fairly called the cultural capital of Russia. Lots of outstanding world-famous architects worked here to create gorgeous buildings & architectural ensambles. The streets & houses of Saint Petersburg have a spirit of great poets, composers & artists who lived there. Just one walk in this city pleases your look, calms your soul, captivates your mind..... During its history Saint Petersburg changed few names which were free or involuntarily reflecting the attempts to create the image of the city. Among the most popular - "Nothern Venice", "Nothern Palmira" which accentuates on architectural pecularities of the city.
In UNESCO list of the world heritage Saint Petersburg s registered as a territory with 36 comlex objects uniting 4000 outrageous architectural, historical & cultural monuments. On the basis of this cultural resplendence are created touristic programmes for those who would like to enjoy the beauty of Saint Petersburg.
City has 221 museums, 200 libraries, more then 2000 theatres, 100 concert halls, 45 galleries & exhibition halls, 62 movie theatres. More then 100 fests & competitions of all kinds are held in Saint Petersburg annualy including 50 international.