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St. Isaac's Cathedral
A vast gold-domed cathedral, with a colonnade at the top for the best view over the city.
US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03- Open
- Most days
- Price
- Paid; a separate ticket for the colonnade
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- St. Isaac's Square 4, St. PetersburgDirections
- Getting There
- Admiralteyskaya metro station.
Why Go
Building it took 40 years, from 1818 to 1858, with granite columns hauled from Finland and a dome gilded with about 100 kilograms of gold. Inside are columns of malachite and lapis lazuli and great mosaics; outside, a few hundred steps lead up to the colonnade around the dome.
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