Artistic Photographers will like St.Pete

A word of warning for the photographer: I can not stress this enough; Unlike in Moscow where photographing the metro line (subway) is allowed, it is strictly forbidden in St. Petersburg and this law is strongly enforced. Not only can you not take photos inside the subway, but you can not photograph the outside the metro stations. If the police see you photographing inside or around the outside of the St. Petersburg metros, if you are lucky you only have to pay off the policeman, if your not you could be taken to the local police station and pay a large fine there, you can even have your camera confiscated and spend a little time in the cooler. So do not try and photograph inside the St. Petersburg Metro, or outside the metro stations, they are nothing special. Wait and photograph some really impressive metros in Moscow. Must see photography sites: There is really no way to list all of the sites for any city in a small magazine article, so here is a short run down on what I consider the must see sites. Of course that really depends on what your interests are and your likes and dislikes. St. Petersburg is really the do it yourselfer street walker tourist friendly city. St. Petersburg has a group of volunteers called “St. Peter’s Angels” who patrol the streets of St. Petersburg to assist tourists in any way they can, call police, medical, fire, help you find directions, even rescue tourists in trouble. Also if you are a photographer looking to get some great photos, then give this tour group a consideration. From everything I have heard, this is one of the best tour operations in St. Petersburg and Pete is a very good person from everything I have heard from people who have used his service. ‘Peterhof’ or Petrodvorets - “Peter’s Palace” as its sometimes known is considered one of Europe’s most magnificent European palace complexes. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, outside of St Petersburg, this palace is one of Russia’s more famous sites.

Peterhof with its beautiful gardens, parks, and palaces and its picturesque fountains are famous the world over. Peterhof was first mentioned in Peter the Great's field journal in the entry dated September 13, 1705, when he stopped here while traveling by boat from Kronstadt to St Petersburg.

At that time there was only an old farmhouse on the side of the road. Peter chose it as a stopover on his journeys, and he named it after himself. Here, he built a small wooden palace in 1710. In the spring of 1714, the first of Peterhoft’s complexes to be built was the Palace of Monplaisir and the Great Mansion. Peter the Great played a large role in the designing of his palace himself, a few sketches and drawings with notes in his own hand still survivetoday.

Architects who took park in the building of ‘Peterhof’ included Johann-Friedrich Braunstein, Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, considered one of the most talented and expert French architects of the time, the Italian Niccolo Michetti, was appointed Le Blond’s successor as Chief Architect at Peterhof when Le Blond died.

You may be surprised to learn that none of the fountains at Peterhof are powered by any type of water pumps; it is all done by gravity, designed by Vastly Tuvolkov, the first Russian hydraulic engineer. Peterhof, rivaling in splendor the park-palace complexes of France, Germany, and Italy, amazed Europe as did the newly-built St Petersburg city itself.

Peterhof is regarded as an artistic miracle and demonstrates to the world the creative abilities of the Russian people. Tsar Peter the Great was able to fulfill his dreams, for he did bring Russia out of the dark ages and into the modern world, and Russia has remained steadfast since.

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