The Neva is the main waterway of Petersburg and the town is situated along its banks and across the islands of its broad delta.
Enjoying a prominent location on the Fontanka River Embankment between the Summer Garden and the Mikhailovskiy Garden, the Mikhailovskiy Castle (also known as the Engineers’ Castle) is one of St. Petersburg’s most striking and unusual buildings, a reflection of Emperor Paul I’s fascination with medieval chivalry, mysticism, and all things military.
Whilst taking a stroll along Nevsky Prospekt you cannot fail to notice the impressive Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan.
Church of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is known to Petersburgers as the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood – or even just the Church on the Blood – as it marks the spot where Alexander II was fatally wounded in an assassination attempt on March 1, 1881.