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Title: St. Petersburg.


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St.
Petersburg.
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  • St. Petersburg is the second largest
    city in Russia.
  • It was founded in 1703 by Peter the
    Great as the Window on the West. St.
    Petersburg is a city of great beauty, with
    places, cathedrals, churches.

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  • If you come to St. Petersburg you can see
    this magnificent building. Its super! St.
    Isaacs Cathedral is one of the greatest
    buildings in the city. It was built in honour of
    St. Isaac of Dalmatia because on St.

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  • Isaacs Day Peter the Great was born. The
    cathedral was designed and built by the architect
    A. Montferrand in 1818-1858 and he was buried in
    this cathedral. It has the height of 101 meters.

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  • And you can find 72 columns weighting from
    64 to 114 tons. The cathedral is also famous for
    its stairs that go up for 101 meters. We know
    that the St. Isaacs Cathedral was decorated by
    the famous Russian artists K. Brulov, F. Bruni,
    P. Shebuyev in the mid-nineteenth century.

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  • You can see lots of icons of the Russian
    painters in it. Its main entrance is in the
    Isaacs Square. I think that youll be nuts to
    miss a chance to visit it. Im sure this
    cathedral is worth seeing because it is the
    eighth Wonder of the World indeed.

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  • There are many sights in St. Petersburg.
    The Winter Pala?e, the Hermitage, the Russian
    Museum, St. Isaacs cathedral, the Peter and
    Paul Fortress attract thousands of tourists from
    over the world.
  • The Peter and Paul Cathedral was built
    the famous Swiss architect D. Trezzini.
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