The cultural capital of a great power strikes with its architectural structures and beauties, but the suburbs can boast no less fascinating sights.
Petrodvorets
Admire the beauties of the suburbs of St. Petersburg can be in Petrodvorets. Code Perth I decided to build a residence that could compete with the Parisian Versailles, Peterhof was presented in an astoundingly fast time. This place is incredibly popular today. Parks and fountains are located on the terrain with several reservoirs that feed on underground keys. During its history, Peterhof came to the end and again reborn. Today, among all the sights of the suburbs of St. Petersburg, this place is annually collected by a huge number of tourists for the holiday of fountains. Incredible light show and costumes staged for the opening and closing of the season, during this period the park is especially popular.
Tsarskoe Selo
Among the suburbs of St. Petersburg is popular Pushkin. The Tsarskoe Selo museum-reserve is a model of world architecture. The main place of the museum is reserved for the Catherine Palace. Like many palaces of the suburbs of St. Petersburg, the building admires its luxury. The world-famous Amber Room and the Great Hall are very popular among tourists and residents of the cultural capital. No less popular and Alexander Palace, made in the style of classicism. Parks of these palaces occupy an area of about 300 acres. In the parks of Pushkin there are more than a hundred different architectural structures, among them pavilions and bridges, marble monuments in the style of Gothic, Turkish and Chinese architecture.
Kronstadt
There are very interesting suburbs of St. Petersburg. For example, Kronstadt. The city-fortress was erected in order to close the channel leading to the mouth of the Neva. The construction began in 1703, but the improvement of structures continued until the beginning of the 20th century. This city is also an important scientific center, and at one time it played an important role in the defense of Leningrad.
Pavlovsk
The beauty of the suburbs of St. Petersburg can be observed in Pavlovsk. This is a garden and park complex of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Initially, this place was intended for the summer residence of Paul I. Pavlovsk boasts a park of 600 hectares. The palace itself also amazes with its decoration. It contains a collection of paintings, furniture, sculptures and many other items brought by the emperor from the trips. Since its inception, Pavlovsk Park has had the status of the most landscape in the whole world. The terrain of the hilly man, and numerous turns of the river with different heights of the banks successfully added to the landscape and allowed to create really amazing
Lomonosov
If practical all the suburbs of St. Petersburg during the war period were defeated and subsequently restored, Lomonosov remained untouched. That is why the authenticity of architectural structures is of special value. The city's second name is Oranienbaum, the modern name was given in 1948. Unfortunately, today many buildings are in a deplorable state. But the famous Chinese palace is open to visitors and even in its old age it is able to amaze with interior decoration. All buildings remained in their original form, such as they were 200 years ago.