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The Winter Palace is the former main residence of the Russian Tsars in Saint Petersburg. It lies between the Palace Square and the Palace Embankment on the Neva.

The center of the legendary Palace Square of Saint Petersburg is the Alexander Column. The 650-tonne and 47-meter-high Victory Column (triumph of the Russian army over Napoleon in 1812) is the largest monument in the world, which is stable without any further anchoring, only by its own weight. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palastplatz?oldformat=true

For general orientation only: This is NOT the Erimitage but the Alexander Column - right in the center of the Palace Square! https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palastplatz?oldformat=true

We are here at the mouth of the relatively short winter channel into the Neva.

The Palace Square, actually Palace Square with the Alexander Column is a central square in Saint Petersburg. Of course he is called Palace Square because he belongs to the Winter Palace of the Russian Tsars.

St. Petersburg, the former Leningrad, is with over four million inhabitants in the actual city and nearly five million in his Metropolitan area after Moscow the second largest City of Russia and one of the largest cities in Europe. The city is located in the northwest of the country, at the Mouth of the Neva, at the eastern end of the Gulf of Finland. St. Petersburg is the furthest north Million metropolis of the world. The city was the 18th to 20th centuries the Capital of the Russian Empire. It is a Europe-wide important cultural center and houses the main Russian Baltic Sea port. The downtown is recognized as a World Heritage by UNESCO; the city, over 200 years long was the political and cultural center of Russia, has one today impressive cultural landscape. After a referendum in 1991, in which 54 percent of the population spoke out for the historic name, the city resumed its original name. Unlike often Peter the Great, St. Petersburg is not after himself but after his patron saint, the Apostle Simon Peter. St. Petersburg was for a long time the seat of the Russian tsars. Here unfolded they all the splendor of their immense wealth. There are many of them today Certificates have been preserved.

In the distance, the most visited object in the St. Petersburg area. The Visited reward but often wait long lines for individual tourists and if you are late.

A nice connection between Nevsky Prospekt and Palace Square in front of the Erimitage with great space effect!