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Special elevator was installed in order to help wheelchair visitors of St. Petersburg - St. Isaac's Cathedral to experience stunning 120 feet bird-view of St. Petersburg.
St. Isaac's Cathedral is one of the most popular sites to visit for native St. Petersburg and its travelers. One of its exciting features - is the 120 feet high Colonnaded Walkway. Once you climb those 562 steps - you will witness amazing view of St. Petersburg and its unique skyline.
During the summer the museum offers to visit the Colonnade of St Isaac's Cathedral on evenings and nights, to climb 43 meters (120 feet) high and to see the view of St Petersburg, one of the most beautiful cities of the world. It is especially beautiful within the short period of white nights. White nights give unique charm to architectural ensembles of the city, its squares and streets. Having climbed the Colonnade, you will see the panoramic view of Neva and bridges opening.
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You are a wheelchair St. Petersburg visitor? Take advantage of special offer just for you - escorted visit to St. Isaac's Cathedral Colonnade.
Ostentatious, extravagant and excessive are words that could and probably should be used in describing features of this massive construction, originally designed as the world's largest Orthodox Cathedral. Long before this lavishly decorated building was opened to the public in 1858, St. Isaacs' already had a most unusual history.
The Cathedral was consecrated on May 30th 1858 but Nicholas I who played a major role in its construction did not live to see it, having died three years earlier. Montferrand witnessed the consecration and was dead within a month afterwards. His grieving widow tried to carry out the master architect's will by requesting that he be buried [url=http://www.gotprintsigns.com/uggpascher/]ugg pas cher[/url] in the Cathedral's crypt but Tsar Alexander II refused to sully it with the tomb of a none believer and stated that Montferrand [url=http://www.rivaluta.it/hot/hogan.asp]outlet hogan[/url] was only a minor employee of the State who did not deserve any honor. His embalmed body was returned to Paris and he was buried in the Montmartre cemetery.
What was the cost of creating this imposing extravagant monster of a building? It is recorded that the financial outlay was 23,256,000 roubles, which was more than six times that of the Winter Palace. But what value should be put on human lives that were painfully lost during the forty years of construction. Hundreds of serfs lost their lives in the quarrying and transportation of the marble. [url=http://www.1855sacramento.com/peuterey.php]peuterey outlet[/url] Untold numbers of [url=http://www.buynflticketsonline.com]NFL Tickets[/url] serfs and laborers who worked for 15 hours [url=http://www.achbanker.com/home.php]hollister france[/url] a day without holidays were crushed or fell to their deaths from the scaffolding during the main part of construction up to 1842. Then at least 60 and maybe many more indirectly, died from inhaling [url=http://www.achbanker.com/home.php]www.achbanker.com/home.php[/url] mercury fumes during the gilding processes that took place under the domes. These hundreds of unnecessary deaths and what [url=http://www.msc-sahc.org/moncler.asp]moncler doudoune[/url] some perceived as the obscene gesture of wealth in the Cathedral must have added to the growing number of calls for a revolution in the city of 500 fabled palaces.
Prior to the Revolution in 1917 it was noted that inside the Cathedral there were approximately 200 unsecured [url=http://www.rtnagel.com/louboutin.php]louboutin[/url] icons and paintings, plus hundreds of other decorative objects [url=http://www.rtnagel.com/airjordan.php]nike air jordan pas cher[/url] and items of religious paraphernalia, comprising several tons of silver or gold embellishment. This fantastic wealth and splendor, enhanced by hundreds [url=http://www.vivid-host.com/barbour.htm]barbour uk[/url] of burning candles, colorful vestments of the resident clergy and their sounds of chanting provided a free spectacle that no theater could match. This was open house to all, as the Orthodox Church was not discriminative. But the Soviets emptied the building of all valuables and confiscated everything, before opening the building again as a Museum of Atheism. Today the Cathedral is still a museum, but since 1992 it has been holding religious services on special occasions.

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