The State Museum St. Isaac’s Cathedral, Northwestern District, Russia

5B1714D 5:00 PM May 20, 2021

WOW in many aspects
St. Isaac's is still the world's largest Orthodox Shrine (the bigger future one in Bucharest is not yet finished) and the fourth largest Cathedral in the world. It was built in 1858 by aristocracy funding in honor of Isaac the Dalmatian who was a patron saint of city founder Peter the Great. They didn't spare which is visible from outside and specially inside. The exterior is adorned with a huge golden dome (which later inspired the US Capitol) and a total of 112 single hewn pink granite columns (you can see a movie and a model of building inside). The interior is simply amazing, so lavish and rich it's hard to say what's more beautiful. As all others in Russia it was banned for religion during the Communist regime and converted into a museum. Interesting fact is that St. Pet citizens refused being a Church again on a referendum, so it's still a museum (an outstanding one) with only occasional Church services. As in any museum there's an entry fee, with a separate fee if you want to climb the dome, which I strongly suggest for great views.

5milespointstravelkom 5:00 PM Feb 28, 2020

Must do when in St. Petersburg. Beautiful artwork inside
The line in front of the St. Isaac’s cathedral was about 20 minutes long as the tour buses had started to arrive by now. Tickets were 350 Rubles/person. The interior of the St. Isaac’s Cathedral is very impressive and not to be missed. There are a lot of amazing mosaic artwork pieces inside as well as very beautiful paintings.