Souvenir de St. Petersbourg. [Saint Petersburg]

Item Number: 125179

Rare souvenir album with views of St. Petersburg. Oblong 12mo, containing 24 original black and white photographs of the city’s major monuments and buildings including the Palace Square, Kazan Cathedral, Peter and Paul Fortress, and Saint Isaac’s Cathedral. Text in French. In near fine condition.

The fourth most populous city in Europe and the second-largest city in Europe, Saint Petersburg was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on May 27, 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. It served as a capital of the Tsardom of Russia and the subsequent Russian Empire from 1713 to 1918 (being replaced by Moscow for a short period of time between 1728 and 1730). Known as the "Cultural Capital of Russia", is now home to the Hermitage (one of the largest art museums in the world) and the Lakhta Center, the tallest skyscraper in Europe.