Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is the name used by

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when it collectively designated the historic core of the

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n city of St. Petersburg, as well as buildings and ensembles located in the immediate vicinity as a

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in 1991. The site was recognised for its architectural heritage, fusing

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including ...

, Neoclassical, and traditional Russian-Byzantine influences.

Sites

The site contains 126 locations including the following objects, # Historic Centre of St. Petersburg # Historical Part of the Town of

Kronstadt Kronstadt (russian: Кроншта́дт, Kronshtadt ), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Kronštádt (from german: link=no, Krone for " crown" and ''Stadt'' for "city") is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city ...

# Fortress of Kronstadt #* Forts of the Island Kotlin #** Redoubts Dena (Fort Den) #** Fort Shanz #** Fort Catherine #** Fort Rift #** Fort Constantin #** Tolbukhin Signal Tower on Tolbukhin Island #* Forts of the Gulf of Finland #** Obrutchev Fort #** Totleben Fort #** North Forts Nos. 1-7 #** Paul Fort (Riesbank) #** Kronshlot Fort #** Alexander Fort ("Tchumny") #** Peter Fort #** South Forts Nos. 1-3 #* Forts of the Coast of the Gulf of Finland #** Fort Lissy Noss #** Fort Inno #** Grey Horse Fort (Seraya Lochad) #** Krasnaya Gorka fort (Red Hill) #* Civil Engineering #** the Barrier of Cribwork #** the Barrier of Pile #** the Barrier of Stone # Historical Centre of the Town of Petrokrepost ( Shlisselburg) # The Oreshek Fortress on Orekhovy Island at the source of the Neva # Palaces and Park Ensembles of the Town of

Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...

and its Historical Centre # Palaces and Parks of the town of Pavlovsk and its Historical Centre # Pulkovo Observatory # Palace and Park Ensemble of the Village of Ropsha # Palace and Park Ensemble of the Village of Gostilitsy # Palace and Park Ensemble of the Village of Taytsy # Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of

Gatchina The town of Gatchina ( rus, Га́тчина, , ˈɡatːɕɪnə, links=y) serves as the administrative center of the Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies south-south-west of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway which ...

and its Historical Centre # Ensemble of the

Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius The Coastal Monastery of St. Sergius (Сергиева Приморская пустынь) is a Russian Orthodox monastery in the coastal settlement of Strelna near St. Petersburg. It used to be one of the richest monasteries of the Russian Empire ...

# Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of Strelna and its Historical Centre # Palace and Park Ensemble "Mikhailovka" # Palace and Park Ensemble "Znamenka" # Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of Petrodvorets and its Historical Centre # Palace and Park Ensemble "Sobstvennaya Datcha" # Palace and Park Ensemble "Sergeevka" # Palace and Park Ensembles of the Town of

Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (; russian: Михаил (Михайло) Васильевич Ломоносов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ , a=Ru-Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov.ogg; – ) was a Russian polymath, scientist and wri ...

and its Historical Centre #*Historical Centre of the Town of Lomonosov ( Oranienbaum), including the Palace and Park Ensemble of the Upper Park and Lower Garden #*Mordvinov's Estate #*Maximov's Datcha #*Zubov's Estate "Otrada" #*Ratkov-Rozhnov's Estate "Dubki" #*S. K. Grieg's Estate "Sans Ennui" #*Datcha of the Hospital # Scientific Town-Institution of Physiologist I. P. Pavlov # Zinoviev's Estate # Shuvalov's Estate # Viazemsky's Estate # Sestroretsky Razliv # I. Repin Estate "The Penates" # Cemetery of the Village of

Komarovo Komarovo may refer to: *Komarovo, Saint Petersburg, a municipal settlement under jurisdiction of Saint Petersburg, Russia * Komarovo, Novgorod Oblast, a former urban-type settlement in Novgorod Oblast Novgorod Oblast (russian: Новгоро́ ...

# Lindulovskaya Rotcsha #

River Neva The Neva (russian: Нева́, ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it i ...

with Banks and Embankments # Izhorsky Bench (Glint) # Dudergofs Heights # Koltushi Elevation # Yukkovskaya Elevation # The Roads #* Moskovskoye Highway #* Kievskoye Highway #* Railway Leningrad-Pavlovsk #* the Highway Pushkin-Gatchina #* Volkhovskoe Highway #*

Tallinskoye Highway Russian Route A180, also known as Narva Highway (russian: Федера́льная автомоби́льная доро́га А180 «На́рва», Federal highway A180 "Narva") is a Russian federal highway that runs from Saint Petersburg throug ...

#* Peterhofskoye Highway #* Ropshinskoye Highway #* Gostilitskoye Highway #* Primorskoye Highway #* Vyborgskoye Highway #* Koltushskoye Highway # Canals #*

Ligovsky Canal The Ligovsky Canal (russian: Ли́говский кана́л) is one of the longest canals of Saint Petersburg (Russia). Constructed in 1721, it is long. Its purpose was to supply water for the fountains of the Summer Garden. The canal delivered ...

#* the Maritime Channel #* Petrovsky canal #* Kronstadsky canal #* Zelenogorsky canal # The

Green Belt of Glory The Green Belt of Glory is a war memorial surrounding Saint Petersburg, Russia, commemorating the Siege of Leningrad of the Second World War. The belt consists of multiple small memorials marking the historical front line. History The concept or ...

#* the Blockade Ring #* the Road of Life #* Oranienbaumsky Spring-Board

References

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