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Palace Square

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One of the most luxurious and harmonious architectural building in the world is the  Palace Square  in Saint Petersburg, which has remained for nearly three centuries, attracting tourists’ attention to the  Russian tour . Palace Square was built between 1819 and 1829 by Carlo Rossi, an Italian neoclassical architect who designed most of the streets and squares of Saint Petersburg. Like the Red Square in Moscow, the Palace Square in Saint Petersburg has seen many important events in Russian history. The “Bloody Sunday” on January 22, 1905, was one of the most important events of the square which the Tsarist army shot the defenseless people who had gathered for a strike. Other historical events were the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 Today, 1991 Communist Coup. Today the Palace Square witnesses more peace and tranquility. The people of the city gather there, and the tourists are staring at the magnificent  Hermitage architecture . Political demon...

Singer House

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Singer House - Russia Tour The Singer House  is one of the eye-catching buildings in Saint Petersburg. The Building, also known as the  Dom Knigi , is one of the few libraries and bookstores in the world that works 24 hours a day. This building is located near the Griboedov Canal and opposite the  Kazan Cathedral  on  Nevsky Prospect  and was designed by  Pavel Syuzor  in 1902. The building was initially intended for a Russian branch of the Singer Factory for the sale of sewing machines. The company wanted to build the tallest skyscraper in the city, same as the Singer Building in New York, but according to legal constraints, they could not create it more than seven floors or 23.5 meters’ height. However, after the construction, Syuzor installed a metal and glass room with a glass sphere (2.8 meters in diameter) on the building to make it higher. The building’s decoration was made in bronze which at that time was new to ...