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      St Isaac's Colonnade, Stroganov Palace and Singing Bridge

      ⏱ 1 h 5 min🚶 1.9 km🍽 0📍 4 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      The view from the colonnade of St Isaac's over the rooftops and the Admiralty, Rastrelli's pink palace on the corner of Nevsky, the house of Pushkin's last apartment and the Singing Bridge by Palace Square.

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        🏛 St Isaac's Cathedral and its colonnade
        Исаакиевская пл., 4
        🎟 ticket · The cathedral and the climb to the colonnade need separate tickets
        In summer the colonnade is also open at night
        Climb the colonnade (about 260 steps) — the best view of the Moika, the Admiralty and the rooftops of the center; the colonnade ticket is separate from the cathedral's.
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        St Isaac's Cathedral and its colonnade
        © A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0
        • The cathedral is consecrated in the name of St Isaac of Dalmatia because Peter I was born on his feast day, 30 May.
        • According to legend, Montferrand was told he would die right after finishing the cathedral, so the construction dragged on for 40 years, from 1818 to 1858.
        • Each 17-metre, 114-tonne column was raised into place in 40–45 minutes.
        • During the fire-gilding of the dome in 1838–1841, 60 craftsmen died of mercury vapour poisoning.
        • From 1931 to 1986 a Foucault pendulum on a 98-metre cable swung in the cathedral, showing the rotation of the Earth.
        • The cathedral's dome was the third in the world built on a metal frame.
        • The white marble iconostasis is decorated with malachite and Badakhshan lapis lazuli.
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        🖼 Stroganov Palace
        Невский пр., 17
        🎟 ticket · a branch of the Russian Museum
        A pink Baroque palace at the corner of Nevsky and the Moika with restored state rooms.
        Rastrelli's palace on the corner of the Moika and Nevsky — we look from outside; the state rooms are separate and take another 1–1.5 hours, closed on Tuesday.
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        Stroganov Palace
        © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The palace was built by Rastrelli in 1753–1754 for Baron Sergey Stroganov; the architect lived in the earlier house on the site.
        • Under Rastrelli the palace had fifty state rooms; of his interiors the Great Hall and the ceremonial vestibule survive.
        • The ceiling painting of the Great Hall was done by Giuseppe Valeriani in 1753; the hall was later tactfully reworked by Voronikhin.
        • Voronikhin created a domed Mineral Cabinet in the palace; it was recreated in 2003.
        • The Stroganov collection included Boltraffio's "Portrait of a Youth as St Sebastian", then believed to be by Leonardo.
        • The palace was nationalised in 1918 and handed to the Russian Museum in 1988.
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        🖼 Pushkin Museum-Apartment
        наб. Мойки, 12
        🎟 ticket
        A small memorial museum in the Volkonsky house: the poet's study with his books, the drawing room and the nursery.
        Pushkin's last apartment: look into the courtyard; the museum inside is separate.
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        Pushkin Museum-Apartment
        © Florstein · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Pushkin Museum-Apartment
        © Florstein · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Pushkin Museum-Apartment
        © Meistaru 10 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • From September 1836 Pushkin rented the whole ground floor here, eleven rooms — "from one gate to the other", as the contract says.
        • In the study stands the authentic sofa on which the poet died on 29 January 1837.
        • In 2008 forensic experts found traces of blood on the sofa's leather that matched the blood on Pushkin's waistcoat and a lock of his hair.
        • The museum holds the waistcoat Pushkin wore at the duel and his death mask by the sculptor Samuil Halberg.
        • The first museum in the apartment opened on 13 February 1927.
        • In Natalya Nikolaevna's room hangs her portrait, painted by Alexander Bryullov in 1832.
        • In the early 18th century the architect Domenico Trezzini lived on this plot.
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        🏛 Pevchesky Bridge
        A wide bridge over the Moika by Palace Square — one of the widest in the city, opposite the Court Capella.
        A view of Palace Square
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        Pevchesky Bridge
        © Florstein · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • Pevchesky is the fourth widest bridge in St Petersburg, after the Blue, Apothecary and Kazan bridges.
        • The first, wooden bridge was built in 1834 to a design by Montferrand — for troops to pass to the parade at the opening of the Alexander Column.
        • The bridge got its name in 1840 because it leads up to the gates of the Court Capella (the Singers' Chapel).
        • Abroad, "Pevchesky Bridge" was a figurative name for the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Empire, which from 1828 stood nearby.
        • According to legend, Nicholas I ordered the bridge built after Count Golovkin, hurrying to dine with him, stepped past the ferry boat straight into the Moika.
        • At the opening of the cast-iron bridge in December 1840, Nicholas I was the first to cross it, in a carriage.

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