My Photo Adventures
Named as the "Venice of the North" by Goethe, St. Petersburg was commissioned by Tsar Peter the Great (1672–1725) as "a window looking into Europe,". A planned city whose elegance is reminiscent of Europe's most alluring capitals. built on more than a hundred islands in the Neva Delta linked by canals and arched bridges, its stately embankments are reminiscent of those in Paris. A city of golden spires and gilded domes, of pastel palaces and candlelit cathedrals, this city conceived by a visionary emperor is filled with pleasures and tantalizing treasures.