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Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

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Location
  
Russian Federation

Criteria
  
i, ii, iv, vi

UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription
  
1990

Type
  
Cultural

Reference
  
540

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UNESCO region
  
Europe and North America

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Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is the name used by UNESCO when it collectively designated the historic core of the Russian city of St. Petersburg, as well as buildings and ensembles located in the immediate vicinity as a World Heritage Site in 1991.

The site was recognised for its architectural heritage, fusing Baroque, Neoclassical and traditional Russian-Byzantine influences.

Sites

The site contains the following objects,

  1. Historic Centre of St. Petersburg
  2. Historical Part of the Town of Kronstadt
  3. Fortress of Kronstadt
  4. Forts of the Island Kotlin
  5. Redoubts Dena (Fort Den)
  6. Fort Shanz
  7. Fort Catherine
  8. Fort Rift
  9. Fort Constantin
  10. Tolbukhin Signal Tower on Tolbukhin Island
  11. Forts of the Gulf of Finland
  12. Obrutchev Fort
  13. Totleben Fort
  14. North Forts Nos. 1-7
  15. Paul Fort (Riesbank)
  16. Kronshlot Fort
  17. Alexander Fort ("Tchumny")
  18. Peter Fort
  19. South Forts Nos. 1-3
  20. Forts of the Coast of the Gulf of Finland
  21. Fort Lissy Noss
  22. Fort Inno
  23. Grey Horse Fort (Seraya Lochad)
  24. Krasnaya Gorka fort (Red Hill)
  25. Civil Engineering
  26. the Barrier of Cribwork
  27. the Barrier of Pile
  28. the Barrier of Stone
  29. Historical Centre of the Town of Petrokrepost (Shlisselburg)
  30. The Oreshek Fortress on Orekhovy Island at the source of the Neva
  31. Palaces and Park Ensembles of the Town of Pushkin and its Historical Centre
  32. Palaces and Parks of the town of Pavlovsk and its Historical Centre
  33. Pulkovo Observatory
  34. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Village of Ropsha
  35. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Village of Gostilitsy
  36. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Village of Taytsy
  37. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of Gatchina and its Historical Centre
  38. Ensemble of the Coastal Monastery of St. Sergius
  39. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of Strelna and its Historical Centre
  40. Palace and Park Ensemble "Mikhailovka"
  41. Palace and Park Ensemble "Znamenka"
  42. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of Petrodvorets and its Historical Centre
  43. Palace and Park Ensemble "Sobstvennaya Datcha"
  44. Palace and Park Ensemble "Sergeevka"
  45. Palace and Park Ensembles of the Town of Lomonosov and its Historical Centre
  46. Pavlovo-Koltushi
  47. Zinoviev's Estate
  48. Shuvalov's Estate
  49. Viazemsky's Estate
  50. Sestroretsky Razliv
  51. I. Repin Estate "The Penates"
  52. Cemetery of the Village of Komarovo
  53. Lindulovskaya Rotcsha
  54. River Neva with Banks and Embankments
  55. Izhorsky Bench (Glint)
  56. Dudergofs Heights
  57. Koltushi Elevation
  58. Yukkovskaya Elevation
  59. The Roads
  60. Moskovskoye Highway
  61. Kievskoye Highway
  62. Railway Leningrad-Pavlovsk
  63. the Highway Pushkin-Gatchina
  64. Volkhovskoe Highway
  65. Tallinskoye Highway
  66. Peterhofskoye Highway
  67. Ropshinskoye Highway
  68. Gostilitskoye Highway
  69. Primorskoye Highway
  70. Vyborgskoye Highway
  71. Koltushskoye Highway
  72. Ligovsky Canal
  73. The Fairways
  74. the Maritime Channel
  75. Petrovsky
  76. Kronstadsky
  77. Zelenogorsky
  78. The Green Belt of Glory
  79. the Blockade Ring
  80. the Road of Life
  81. Oranienbaumsky Spring-Board

References

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Wikipedia
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