The town of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo) lies just outside St. Petersburg and has a marvelous ensemble of palaces and parks. It is particularly famous for its impressive baroque Catherine Palace, where Empress Catherine the Great lived and died.

From the 1760s onwards the Winter Palace was the main residence of the Russian Tsars.

Aleksandr Nevskiy’s Monastery…

The Trinity Bridge is one of St. Petersburg’s most famous bascule bridges, with a gorgeous Art Nouveau design that was in part the work of Gustave Eiffel.

This marvelous Russian-style church was built on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in March 1881.

Across the river from the Peter and Paul fortress located the historical Summer Garden. Behind the beautiful wrought iron fence there is an old park that has witnessed some of the most spectacular moments in St. Petersburg's early history. Impressed by the royal parks...

This photo album features some views of St. Petersburg from Neva River and other canals.

Peterhof is an immensely luxurious and beautifully preserved Imperial estate, founded in 1710 by Peter the Great on the shore of the Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea).

St. Isaac’s Cathedral