THE FIRST CITY OF UNIFIED EUROPE, OR SHOULD WE ADMIRE ST PETERSBURG?
“The most abstract and premeditated city on Earth” – that’s how Dostoevsky described Saint Petersburg. However, we… read more
Duration: 2.5 hours

 

CITY AS SCENERY: CARLO ROSSI’S EMPIRE ENSEMBLES
his walk is dedicated to “official” ensembles of Saint Petersburg that transformed the entire city into a work of art. We’ll see an open-air museum that occupies entire squares… read more
Duration: 3 hours

 

ST ISAAC’S CATHEDRAL: END OF AN ERA
Saint Petersburg is, by essence, an imperial city that lived by the rules set by the imperial court. Unbreakable laws of the Imperial style have determined the look of… read more
Duration: 2.5 hours

 

URBAN WATERFRONT: ST PETERSBURG AS VENICE OF THE NORT
Hetersburg has grown out of Neva’s waters. The river, dressed in granite embankments, has become an articulated space in the… read more

Duration: 2.5 hours

 

NEVSKY PROSPECT AS A CHARACTER OF CITY LEGENDS
On the map of Petersburg, Nevsky prospect is one-third of the famous trident of avenues that all aim at the… read more

Duration : 2.5 hours

 

SMOLNY, OR LEGENDS OF THE PITCH TOWN
Smolny Dvor (Pitch Town) was an industrial district founded in the early days of Saint Petersburg that produced pitch… read more

Duration: 3 hours

 

PETROGRADSKAYA SIDE, THE SILVER AGE
Petrogradskaya side is the oldest inhabited part of Saint Petersburg. Here stands the first residence of the future… read more

Duration: 3 hours

 

VYBORG, A TOWN ACROSS BORDERS
Vyborg has always been a frontier city, an ancient Swedish boundary fortress – an identity that determined its destiny across the ages. The city has changed hands…read more

Duration: 3.5 hours