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Czar Peter the Great built his namesake city in 1703 as
the "Venice of the North," arranging it across islands along the Neva River.
Some of Russia's greatest treasures await: the artworks of the Hermitage Museum,
the gorgeous Summer Palace and the Kazan Cathedral are only the tip of the
cultural iceberg, in one of Europe's most illustrious and captivating capitals. |
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