Kunstkamera

Kunstkamera is a cabinet of rarities, currently the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (MAE RAS) is the first museum in Russia established by the Emperor Peter the Great and located in St. Petersburg.
It has a unique collection of antiquities that reveal the history and life of many peoples. But to many, this museum is known for its “special” collection of anatomical rarities and anomalies. The Kunstkamera building is from the beginning of the 18th century. a symbol of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Kunstkamera Tower is crowned by the Armillary sphere.

Rostral Columns

Rostral Columns are located along the sides of the Exchange building. There are rostrums, the nasal decorations of old ships, on its trunks. The reliefs of anchors distinguish itself on the red plaster. There are two sculptures on every column. They represent the rivers of Russia - the Neva, the Volkhov, the Volga and the Dnieper. The columns were port lighthouses once, illuminating the path of ships in the Neva Bay. We can see the special bowls mounted on tripods on its tops. The fire was burned there. Previously, the oil was use to maintain the fire, now gas is supplied to the vases. Nowadays, rostral columns are lit only on the public holidays.

Cable-stayed bridge WHSD

The bridge is a part of the Southern overpass of the WHSD main course, providing a connection between the Kirovsky and Vasileostrovsky districts. It is the only vehicular cable-stayed bridge in the world with pylons tilted inward at an angle of 12°. Such an architectural solution resembles the silhouette of a divorced bridge, one of the main symbols of St. Petersburg.

Betancourt bridge

The Betancourt Bridge is thrown over the Malaya Neva and the Zhdanovka River, connecting Vasilievsky Island and the Petrogradskaya Side. Traffic on the bridge was opened on May 13, 2018. The bridge is non-drawable, 6-lane, 38 m wide and 923 m long. The bridge has a 3.5 m wide cycle path and a pedestrian sidewalk, but there are no public transport routes. Betancourt Bridge is one of the transport bypass objects of the city center. The working name of the bridge was "Serny" - after the name of the island over which it passes. Towards the end of the construction, the bridge was named after Augustine de Bettencourt (1758-1824) - an architect, builder, lieutenant general of the Russian service and one of the organizers of the transport system of the Russian Empire. According to Betancourt's project, an institute was established, now known as the University of Railways (PGUPS).

Elagin island

Elagin Island is an island in the Neva delta, in the historical area called the Islands, on which the Central Park of Culture and Recreation named after S.M. Kirov (TsPKiO) is located. The natural complex of Elagin Island was declared a natural monument of regional significance by the resolution of the Government of St. Petersburg dated June 26, 2016 No. 647. In fact, Elagin Island is several islands separated by canals and ponds, the northernmost of the islands in the mouth of the Neva River.From the north it is washed by the Bolshaya Nevka river, in the south and southeast the Srednaya Nevka river separates it from the Krestovsky and Kamenny islands; in the west, it juts out into the Gulf of Finland as a narrow cape. The area of ​​the island is 96.8 hectares. The length from east to west is 2.1 km, from north to south - 0.75 km.

Krestovsky Island

Krestovsky Island (Finn. Ristisaari) is located in the western part of the city, in the historical area called the Islands. The area of ​​the island is 4.2 km². Former names of the island: Khristoforovsky Island (1741), St. Natalia Island (1717). There are two metro stations on the island - Krestovsky Island and Zenit. There are many legends about the origin of the name of the island. According to one of them, even before the foundation of St. Petersburg, there was a chapel with a large cross on the island, so the island was given the name "Krestovsky". According to another version, when the mansion of Natalya Alekseevna was erected on the island, the builders found a huge cross in the ground. Also, the island could be called "Krestovsky" because of the cruciform lake in its center.

Gazprom Arena

The Gazprom arena football stadium (until December 8, 2018 — Saint Petersburg stadium) is located on Krestovsky island, on the site of the demolished Kirov stadium. The author of the Gazprom Arena project is Japanese architect Kise Kurokawa. Construction of the stadium began in 2007. The facility was officially commissioned on December 29, 2016. The unique design of the stadium is a bowl of stands with a sliding dome with a diameter of 286 meters, supported by 8 masts. The stadium hosted matches of the 2017 confederations Cup and the 2018 FIFA world Cup. European championship matches will also be held in 2020, and the UEFA Champions League final will be held in 2021.

Stadium "Petrovsky"

"Petrovsky" (until 1992 - V.I. Lenin Stadium) is a stadium located in St. Petersburg, on the Petrovsky Island of the Malaya Neva. From different sides the island is washed by the Malaya Neva and the Zhdanovka River. Zhdanovsky bridge connects it with the Petrograd side. Spectator stands accommodate 20 985 people. The nearest metro station is Sportivnaya.The home stadium of the Zenit club in 1994-2017. Spare for the Zenith-2 farm club. In the 2017/18 season, it was the home arena of the Tosno football club.