St. Petersburg: Exploring the Past and Present of the Famous "world Cultural Heritage" City

St. Petersburg is located in northwestern Russia on the Baltic Sea coast. It is a municipality directly under the Central Government of Russia and an important water and land transportation hub. It is also known as the "Northern Capital" of Russia.

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St. Petersburg is located in northwestern Russia on the Baltic Sea coast. It is a municipality directly under the Central Government of Russia and an important water and land transportation hub. It is also known as the "Northern Capital" of Russia.

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St. Petersburg is a famous cultural city. Many famous Russian poets and writers, such as Pushkin, Lermontov, Gorky, and others have lived and worked in this city. The Russian classical buildings and historical sites left by the former imperial capital abound, such as Petropavlovsk Fortress, Winter Palace and Palace Square, Summer Garden and Summer Palace, Naval Headquarters Building, St. Isaac's Cathedral, Ten The February Party Square, the Smolny Palace, the Russian Museum, the Church on the Blood, and the Horse Bridge, etc., form the splendid historical center of St. Petersburg. In 1990, according to the selection criteria for cultural heritage, the historical center of St. Petersburg and its related monuments were approved by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to be included in the "World Heritage List" as a site of cultural heritage.

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St. Petersburg is also rich in tourism resources, the majestic St. Isaac's Cathedral, the magnificent Peterhof, and the great art masterpieces of the Winter Palace, all of which move the heartstrings of tourists. The tourists can fell the history of St. Petersburg everywhere, as small as a stone, as large as a magnificent building, so it is known as the "world cultural heritage". Here you can see different styles of canals and bridges, embankments, parks, and places of interest-from Baroque to Classicism. "The Louvre of Russia" is located in St. Petersburg, which is the Hermitage Museum. The white night is the city's business card. The sun will not go down during the three months of summer, and the movable bridge across the Neva River will open the gate every night to release the passing ships. The Winter Palace, formerly the Imperial Palace of Russia, is now part of the Hermitage Museum. The architectural style is Baroque, with more than 1,000 large and small halls and rooms, and the interior and exterior decorations are extremely luxurious. After the October Revolution in Russia, the Winter Palace was transformed into a museum, with a collection of nearly 3 million pieces of antiques and art treasures from all over the world. They are displayed according to the major themes of prehistoric culture, Greco-Roman culture, Eastern culture and Russian culture. One of the largest museums with the most collections.

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