St. Petersburg

“St. Petersburg not only a ‘window’ to look outof at Europe, it was also the gate to our country.
St. Petersburg was founded not only at the eastern extremity of the Baltic, but also in the western part of Russia’s network of navigable rivers. While facing Europe, St. Petersburg was backed the Ladoga Lake, Novgorod, the Onega Lake and the White Sea, the Volga …

Look, how high stays the water between the granite embankments in St. Petersburg, as if in a goblet lifted to the lips for a draught.

The city touches the water not only with the buildings but also with the squares and gardens. Whole islands are taken up by parks and gardens, while the squares in the city continue to astonish, as the always have, all those coming to St. Petersburg for the first time. …”