Top rated Historical landmarks in Saint Petersburg, Russia to elevate your visit (Updated February, 2024)

Top rated Historical landmarks in Saint Petersburg

Experience the best that Saint Petersburg has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 89 places from Historical landmark category.

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Памятник воронам из Снежной Королевы: Карлу и Кларе

Historical landmark

5.00 (670 reviews)

Monument to Nicolas the 1st

Historical landmark

5.00 (40 reviews)

Strelka Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova

Historical landmark

Imposing 1810 monument on the river modeled on a Greek temple & framed by Roman-inspired columns.

4.90 (6.6K reviews)

Alexander Column

Historical landmark

Iconic monolith in the center of a square commemorating Russia’s victory over Napoleon’s France.

4.90 (5.1K reviews)

Monument Geroicheskim Zashchitnikam Leningrada, Gosudarstvennyy Muzey Istorii Sankt-Peterburga

Historical landmark

Complex honoring the 1941-1944 defence of the city, with grand sculptures & an underground museum.

4.90 (2.9K reviews)

Griffins on Bank Bridge

Historical landmark

👍👍 Bank Bridge over Griboyedov Canal wast built in 1825-26 by Hessian Architect Wilhelm von Traiteur (1788-1859), gryphons were made by Russian sculptor Pavel Sokolov (1764-1835). Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 🇷🇺. April 27, 2020.

4.90 (2.2K reviews)

Monument to I.F. Kruzenshtern

Historical landmark

👍👍 This monument is especially attractive to me. It is small and somehow even “homey” or something. Not pretentious. Ivan Fedorovich stands with his hands folded. I don’t know how it is now, but before, the cadets of the Frunze School (now the Marine Corps of Peter the Great, if I’m not confusing anyth...

4.90 (1.1K reviews)

Atlanty

Sculpture

4.90 (909 reviews)

Monument to Peter the Great

Historical landmark

Equestrian bronze of Tsar Peter the Great, sculpted by Carlo Rastrelli & his son in the 1740s.

4.90 (891 reviews)

Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace

Tourist attraction

👍👍 This magnificent building in the early eclectic style is located on Palace Embankment. The houses of Peter the Great's time that stood on this site were rebuilt several times and changed owners, then they were combined into one building of the Department of Appanages. On the occasion of the marriage...

4.90 (354 reviews)