Our City
The Second St Petersburg Gymnasium

Tourists who come to St-Petersburg in summer can enjoy watching the "White Nights" celebration in June, when the night lasts only an hour. The first performance is given in the famous Mariinsky Theatre. Tourists can also see the raising of the bridges on the Neva river. It is possible to take a trip on a ship and to watch the beautiful architecture on the banks of the numerous canals and rivers. The founder of St-Petersburg, Peter I, planned it to be "the city of the water", that is why our city is often called "the northern Venice". Many Russian writers ascribe the speciality of St-Petersburg to the magic of water surrounding it.

The Fountains of Peterhof

There are unique fountains which were built by Peter the First for the amusement of his guests. The water in the fountains is forced up by gravity. Tourists will spend an unforgetable time watching the fountains of Peterhof and the palaces and parks of Pavlovsk and Pushkin.

Churches and Cathedrals

There are churches for every religion in St Petersburg, for example a Buddist temple, a mosque, synagogues and cathedrals. The beautiful architecture of Russian Orthodox Cathedrals attracts many tourists to St-Peterburg.

ESCP: February 1996