St. Petersburg

"The Palmyra of the North"

St. Petersburg CBI*
*cities beautiful index
55
YOUR SCORE*
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Epiphany
54% 
Mentoring
69% 
Self Fulfillment
69% 
Elegance
54% 
Originality
69% 
Revelation
62% 
Grandeur
62% 
Selfhood
38% 
Chronicle
69% 
Kinship
38% 
Nature
62% 
Surety
54% 
Synergy
54% 
Dynamism
38% 
Sensation
31% 

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Principal Features

St. Isaac's Cathedral (Isaakevsky Sobor),
St. Nicholas Cathedral (Nikolsky Sobor)
Grand Choral Synagogue

Honorable Mentions

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Datsan Gunzechoinei Buddhist Temple (Budisky Khram)
St. Petersburg Mosque (Mechet)

Principal Features

State Hermitage Museum (Gosudarstvenny Ermitazh)
State Russian Museum
Russian National Library (Rossiiskaya Natsionalnaya Biblioteka)

Honorable Mentions

St. Petersburg State University (Sankt-Peterburgskii Gosudarstvenny Universitet)
Stieglitz Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts
Erarta

Self-Fulfillment

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Principal Features

Tsar Palaces -- Winter, Summer, Peterof, Tsarskoye Selo, etc.
Performance Venues -- Mariinsky Theatre, Mikhailovsky Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Alexandrinsky Theatre, , Shostakovich Philharmonic, State Academic Kapella, St. Petersburg Conservatory (Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory), etc.
Famous People's Homes/Museums -- Dostoyevsky Museum, Anna Akhmatova Museum, Nabokov Museum, National Pushkin Museum

Honorable Mentions

Tombs of the Tsars in Peter and Paul Cathedral

Principal Features

Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
Stroganov Palace
Nicholas Palace (Especially the Interior)

Honorable Mentions

Architect Rossi Street (Ulitsa Zodchevo Rossi)
Dom Knigi (Former Singer Sewing Machine Company Building)

Principal Features

Bridges -- Anichkov, Banks, Lions, Egyptian, Blue, etc.
Kazan Cathedral (Kazansky Sobor)
Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood (Tserkov Spasitelya Na Krovi)

Honorable Mentions

Rostral Columns
Chesma Church
Towers -- Tower of the City Duma, Bell Tower of Church of Our lady of Vladimir, Tower of the World of Water Museum

Principal Features

Chamber of Art (Kunstkammer)
LabirintUm
Museum of Arctic and Antarctic (Muzei Arktiki I Antarktiki)

Honorable Mentions

Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Museum of Military Medicine
Sheremetev Palace aka Museum of Music
Transport Museums -- Museum of Electrical Transportation, Museum of Railway Machinery

Principal Features

Huge, Magnificent Squares -- Palace Square; Arts Square, Ostrovsky Square, etc.
General Staff Building (Glavny Shtab)
Smolny Cathedral and Convent (Smolny Sobor)

Honorable Mentions

Admiralty Building
Peter and Paul Cathedral's Bell Tower

Principal Features

Victory Monuments -- Alexander Column, Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad, Narva Triumphal Arch
Nikolayevsky Palace/Art Center
Loft Project ETAGI

Honorable Mentions

Nevsky Prospekt (Shopping)

Principal Features

Alexander Nevsky Monastery and Cemetery (Lavra Aleksandra Nevskogo)
State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
Museum of Political History in the Kchessinskaya Townhouse

Honorable Mentions

Historical Squares -- Palace, Senate (Senatskaya), Trinity
Menshikov Palace
Great Gostiny Dvor
Cabin of Peter the Great

Principal Features

Neighborhoods -- Admiralty Quarter, Arts Square Quarter, Petrogradskaya Quarter, etc.
Ethnography Museum (Etnograficheskii Muzey)
Museum of the History of Religion

Honorable Mentions

Jewish Heritage Tours

Principal Features

Palace Gardens -- Summer (Letny Sad),Yusupov (Yusupov Sad), Taurida (Tavrichesky Sad), Michael (Mikhaylovskiy Sad)
Three Islands -- Krestovsky (Including Victory Park), Elgin (Including Kirov Park), and Yelagin
Zoological Museum (Zoologichesky Muzey)

Honorable Mentions

Komarov Botanical Garden
Planet Neptune Oceanarium

Principal Features

Peter and Paul Fortress
Artillery Museum (Artilleriysky Muzey)
Naval Vessels -- Cruiser Aurora, Icebreaker Krasin, C-189 Submarine Museum, The Memorial Complex Submarine D-2

Honorable Mentions

Central Naval Museum

Principal Features

St. Petersburg Circus
White Nights Festival
Divo Ostrov (Amusement Park)

Honorable Mentions

Piterland (Water Park)

Principal Features

Riverside Walks -- Palace Quay, University Quay, English Quay, Petrovskaya Quay
Boat Tours (93 Rivers and Canals)
St. Petersburg Tramways

Honorable Mentions

Hydrofoil to Peterhof

Principal Features

Panoramas -- Strelka, Cathedral of the Resurrection in Smolny, "Panorama of the Neva" Ramparts Walkway in Peter and Paul Fortress, Top of the World of Water Museum
Eliseyev Emporium
Museum of Russian Vodka

Honorable Mentions

Museum of Bread (Muzey Khleba)