Places of interest

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Winged LionAttraction

Winged Lion

UNESCO World Heritage · 1990

Банковский мост, Санкт-Петербург, Russia

The griffins of the Bank Bridge are four gold-winged cast-iron lion-griffins gua...

Palace Square and the Alexander ColumnAttraction

Palace Square and the Alexander Column

UNESCO World Heritage · 1990

Дворцовая площадь, Дворцовый округ, Санкт-Петербург, Russia

Three eras come together on the main square of St Petersburg: Rastrelli's Baroqu...

The Winter CanalAttraction

The Winter Canal

UNESCO World Heritage · 1990Russian cultural heritage register

St Petersburg, between the Neva and the Moika, Russia

A short canal two hundred and twenty-eight metres long joins the Neva to the Moi...

Peter and Paul FortressAttraction

Peter and Paul Fortress

UNESCO World Heritage · 1990Russian cultural heritage register

Zayachy Island, Saint Petersburg · metro Gorkovskaya, Russia

The historical core of St Petersburg: a six-bastion fortress laid down by Peter ...

Trinity Cathedral and the FontankaAttraction

Trinity Cathedral and the Fontanka

площадь Ломоносова, Санкт-Петербург, Russia

The Holy Trinity Izmailovsky Cathedral is the largest domed church in St Petersb...

St Peter's Lutheran Church (Petrikirche)Museum

St Peter's Lutheran Church (Petrikirche)

UNESCO World Heritage · 1990Russian cultural heritage register

Nevsky Avenue, Saint Petersburg, Russia

The German Lutheran Church of Saints Peter and Paul was built in 1833-1838 to a ...

Friendship Gate (Huu Nghi Quan)Attraction

Friendship Gate (Huu Nghi Quan)

AH1, Quli, Vietnam

The "Friendship Gate" (Huu Nghi) border checkpoint on the Vietnamese-Chinese bor...

The Bund (Waitan), ShanghaiAttraction

The Bund (Waitan), Shanghai

东大名路, 358, 北外滩街道, Hongkou, China

The famous esplanade a kilometre and a half long along the Huangpu River, lined ...

Forbidden City (Gugong)Temple

Forbidden City (Gugong)

UNESCO World Heritage · 1987Nationally protected cultural site of China

4 Jingshan Front St, Beijing · metro Tiananmen East, China

An imperial palace complex in the centre of Beijing, home to twenty-four emperor...

Bronze Street Sculptures on Hefang Street (Hangzhou)Attraction

Bronze Street Sculptures on Hefang Street (Hangzhou)

安荣巷, Shangcheng District, China

Hefang Street is a pedestrian lane, the historic shopping promenade of Hangzhou,...

Twin Pagodas of Suzhou (Shuangta)Attraction

Twin Pagodas of Suzhou (Shuangta)

Nationally protected cultural site of China

Dinghuisi Alley, Gusu District, China

Two identical seven-tier brick pagodas, founded in 982 under the Northern Song b...

Pingjiang Historical Block, SuzhouAttraction

Pingjiang Historical Block, Suzhou

阔家头巷, Gusu District, China

Suzhou's old quarter along the Pingjiang Canal is a pedestrian street about a ki...