Cities and Civilizations

Bronze Horseman
Catherine II's statue of Peter I (the Great), at sunset.

Bronze Horseman
Catherine II's statue of Peter I, under snow.

Bronze Horseman, with view of the Strelka and the Peter and Paul Fortress.

The Strelka
(Click here for background info.)

Nevsky Prospekt, looking toward the (golden-spired) Admiralty.

Park Pobedy (Victory Park):
an aerial view of the war memorial.

Park Pobedy, II:
Close-up of war memorial.

Palaces:

Palace Square,
with the Hermitage (Winter Palace) and the
Alexander Column. (Click here for background info.)

Peterhof
Peter the Great's Summer Palace.

Cathedrals:

St Isaac's Cathedral (Isaakievskii Sobor)

The Alexander Nevsky Lavra
(Click here for background info.)

Water and Bridges:

Maritime St. Petersburg

A bridge during its nightly "open" phase

The Moika Canal

A canal, glimpsed through a piece of bridge architecture

The Neva Embankment (Strelka in background)

A bridge with carved lions, winter view.