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                                                        Holy Ascension Church 
                                                                           
                         
                        HOLY ASCENSION CHURCH located at 34a Voznesensky Avenue. An architectural monument constructed in 1755-69 (architects A. F. Wist and A. Rinaldi) in a transitional style merging Baroque with Classicism
                                             
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                                                        Kamennoostrovsky Bridge 
                                                                           
                         
                        KAMENNOOSTROVSKY BRIDGE (commonly referred to as Betankurovsky), over the Malaya Nevka River, links Aptekarsky and Kamenny Islands along the Kamennoostrovsky Avenue. In 1760 St. Petersburg's fourth boat bridge was built here (architect А. Wist)
                                             
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                                                        Naval monuments 
                                                                           
                         
                        NAVAL MONUMENTS. St. Petersburg is the cradle of the Russian Navy, which explains the large number of monuments related to the history and eminent naval figures, beginning with its founder Peter the Great. The Boat House in St
                                             
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                                                        Senate and Synod Buildings 
                                                                           
                         
                        SENATE AND SYNOD BUILDINGS (1 and 3 Decabristov Square), architectural monuments of the late Neoclassical. This ground on the embankment of the Neva River was owned by A.D. Menshikov from the early 18th century, then by A.I
                                             
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                                                        St. Andrew’s Cathedral 
                                                                           
                         
                        ST. ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL, located at 21-23 Bolshoy Avenue, Vasilievsky Island, an architectural monument of the 18th century. It was erected in 1764-68 (by architects A. F. Wist, A. A
                                             
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                                                        St. Isaac's Cathedral 
                                                                           
                         
                        ST. ISAAC'S CATHEDRAL, located at 1 St Isaac's Square, an architectural monument of late Classicism and the largest church in St. Petersburg. The first wooden church, which stood at the approximate location of the Bronze Horseman now
                                             
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                                                        St. Peter and Paul fortress 
                                                                           
                         
                        ST. PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS, the historical centre of St. Petersburg, a monument of military engineering, the oldest engineering and architectural sight of the city
                                             
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                                                        Tapestry Manufacture 
                                                                           
                         
                        TAPESTRY MANUFACTORY was the first large tapestry-making enterprise in Russia, operating from 1717 till 1856, and laying the foundation for a new artistic craft in Russia. The first specialists, a group of weavers headed by P. Camus came to St
                                             
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                                                        The Chesme Column,  a monument 
                                                                           
                         
                        The town of Pushkin, the Catherine Park, the Great Lake.
Architect:  Antonio Rinaldi  (1709-1794)
Sculptor:  I. Schwartz
It was built in 1771-1778
Materials:  Olonets pink and white  marble for the column stern with rostrums;  Olonets gray marble
                                             
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