Russia Saint Petersburg city, Faberge museum guided tour

Itinerary

Sightseeing city tour of St.Petersburg

The city was founded in 1703 by Tsar Peter 1 and named after Saint Peter. Initially, it was built as a defensive fortress. Since 1712, when the city was proclaimed the capital of the Russian Empire, St. Petersburg has become the embodiment of the new, modern, Western culture and way of life. It was built by the best architects of Europe: Domenico Trezzini, Carlo Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Johann Braunstein, Francesco Fontana, Johann Gottfried schedel, Jean-Baptiste Alexander Leblon and others.

You will see their best works: the State Hermitage, the Russian Museum, the Issakievsky and Kazan cathedrals, the Russian Museum, the Birzha (Stock market) on the Spit of Vasilievsky island and the Peter and Paul fortress located nearby. Drive through the straight and clear streets of the city, such as Nevsky prospect, which adorn the outstanding monuments of sculpture dedicated to the well-known people of Russia: Catherine the great, Peter the First, Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Nevsky and many others.
Our city, living through different historical stages, changed its name several times. It used to be called “Petrograd” and “Leningrad”. But it always remained “Saint Petersburg” in our hearts.
Intelligent and well-educated people live here, and this city is known as the cultural capital of Russia.

Faberge museum

The largest private Museum in St. Petersburg. It was opened in 2013. The Museum has the largest collection of Easter eggs by Carl Faberge. Such rare exhibits here 9 pieces. The first Easter egg “chicken” was made by order of Alexander III and, like, does not Shine as much as other Easter eggs. But it was the first and presented by the Emperor to the wife of Maria Feodorovna, the former Danish Princess Dagmar.
Only the firm of Carl Faberge were produced 52 eggs. Every year Emperor Alexander III and Nicholas II gave an egg to his wife and mother for Easter. This tradition existed only in Russia.
In the Museum you will get acquainted with one of the best in the world collection of arts and crafts and works of famous masters of jewelry art of Russia.

The Museum is located in the building of the Shuvalov Palace – a monument of architecture of the XIX century in St. Petersburg.
4 thousand exhibits of the Museum are thematically distributed in different halls of the Palace-Knight’s hall, Red living room. The heart of the collection, Easter eggs, presented in the Blue living room of the Shuvalov Palace.

During the tour will be provided lunch in the restaurant.