St. Petersburg Attractions

The city of St. Petersburg , formerly known as Petrograd (between 1914 and 1924) and Leningrad (until 1991) is the second largest city in Russia. It has about five million inhabitants and is one of the symbolic places of common development worldwide .

To allow more implied its importance, it is interesting to note that not only took the name from one of the bastions of the growth of the Soviet Union, but was also the national capital over two hundred years. Finally, after the Russian Revolution, Moscow regained its place as the administrative center of Russia. On the other hand, St. Petersburg is considered by UNESCO as World Heritage.
Undoubtedly, the historical value of this huge city is a major attraction for tourists. However, the history of St. Petersburg is not only intellectually embodied in books, architecture and the various museums make the city a great cultural and artistic value. It is not a mere formality the recognition of UNESCO .
All major museums are the Hermitage and Russian Museum. The Hermitage complex is without doubt one of the most famous and visited museums in the world. Its wealth is based not only on your old and varied artistic content, but also in the architecture of the six buildings that comprise it.

In terms of architecture, it shows the Italian influence of the eighteenth century and to a lesser extent, the style buildings Frenchman . In addition, St. Petersburg constantly displays samples of baroque and neoclassical architecture. The most important buildings are: the Fortress of St. Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg, St. Isaac's Cathedral and the Cathedral of San Salvador de la Sangre.