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The State Hermitage Museum (Russian: Государственный Эрмитаж, romanized: Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, IPA: [ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn (ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ]) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1764 when Empress Catherine the Great acquired a collection of paintings from the Berlin ...
The Salvador Dalí Museum features a spherical atrium at the entrance (2011). The Salvador Dalí Museum is an art museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, dedicated to the works of Salvador Dalí. Designed by Yann Weymouth, the museum is located on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront by 5th Avenue Southeast, Bay Shore Drive, and Dan ...
One St. Petersburg is currently the tallest building in the city since 2009 at 139 metres (456 ft), though the 157-metre (515 ft) Residences at 400 Central topped-out in 2024. Bayfront Tower was the first to surpass the 100 metres (330 ft) mark. Priatek Plaza, built in 1990, held the record for the tallest building in the city for 29 years ...
Priatek Plaza. Priatek Plaza, formerly known as One Progress Plaza and the Bank of America Tower, [4] is a 28-story skyscraper designed by Jung Brannen Associates located at 200 Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. It was completed in 1990, and at 117.65 m (386.0 ft), it is one of the tallest buildings in the city, and has the ...
The Don CeSar is a hotel located in St. Pete Beach, Florida. Developed by Thomas Rowe and opened in 1928, it gained renown as the Gulf playground for America's pampered rich at the height of the Jazz Age. The hotel was designed by Henry H. Dupont. The Don CeSar is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National ...
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the most populous city in the state that is not a county seat (the city of Clearwater is the seat of Pinellas County). [ 4 ] It is the second-most populous city in the ...
The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange. The Smolny Convent. The Peter and Paul Fortress. Narva Triumphal Gate. Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Saint Petersburg Conservatory. The Smolny Institute. The Trinity Cathedral. Admiralty building.
The current building, the first stone church in St. Petersburg, was designed by Trezzini and built between 1712 and 1733. Its gold-painted spire reaches a height of 123 meters (404 ft) and features at its top an angel holding a cross. This angel is one of the most important symbols of St. Petersburg.