Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg
Also known as Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments, centre historique de Leningrad, centre historique de Saint-Pétersbourg, Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Europe and North America
Russia
Inscribed
1990
Area
3,934 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg is in St. Petersburg. The nearest other World Heritage site is Novgorod Monuments, about 170 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- St. Petersburg · about 4,553,000 peopleat the site
- Kolpino · about 226,000 peopleabout 30 km south-east
- Gatchina · about 90,000 peopleabout 40 km south
- Volkhov · about 46,000 peopleabout 110 km east
- Vyborg · about 117,000 peopleabout 120 km north-west
- Luga · about 40,000 peopleabout 140 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
RussiaCultural167 km away
FinlandCultural237 km away
RussiaCultural263 km away
FinlandCultural297 km away
EstoniaCultural317 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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