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Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments¹
UNESCO World Heritage Site

State Party	Russian Federation
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iv, vi
Identification	#540
Region2	Europe and North America
Inscription History
Formal Inscription:	1990 14th WH Committee Session
WH link:	http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/540
1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List 2 As classified officially by UNESCO

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is the name used by UNESCO when it collectively designated the historic core of the Russian city of St. Petersburg, as well as buildings and ensembles located in the immediate vicinity as a World Heritage Site in 1991.

The site was recognized for its architectural heritage, fusing Baroque, neoclassical and Russian influences.

Among the buildings and places included in the citation:

1. Historic Centre of St. Petersburg
2. Historical Part of the Town of Kronstadt
3. Fortress of Kronstadt
   • Forts of the Island Kotlin
     • Redoubts Dena (Fort Den}
     • Fort Shanz
     • Fort Catherine
     • For Rift
     • Fort Constantin
     • Tolbukhin Signal Tower on Tolbukhin Island
   • Forts of the Gulf of Finland
     • Obrutchev Fort
     • Totleben Fort
     • North Forts Nos. 1-7
     • Paul Fort (Riesbank)
     • Kronshlot Fort
     • Alexander Fort ("Tchumny")
     • Peter Fort
     • South Forts Nos. 1-3
   • Forts of the Coast of the Gulf of Finland
     • Fort Lissy Noss
     • Fort Inno
     • Green Horse Fort (Seraya Lochad)
     • Krasnay Gorka Fort (Red Hill)
   • Civil Engineering
     • the Barrier of Cribwork
     • the Barrier of Pile
     • the Barrier of Stone
4. Historical Centre of the Town of Petrokrepost (Schlisselburg)
5. Fortress "Oreshek" on the Island Orekhovy at the Source of the Neve
6. Palaces and Park Ensembles of the Town of Pushkin and its Historical Centre
7. Palaces and Parks of the town of Pavlovsk and its Historical Centre
8. Pulkovskaya Observatory
9. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Village of Ropsha
10. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Village of Gostilitsy
11. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Village of Taytsy
12. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of Gatchina and its Historical Centre
13. Ensemble of Troise-Sergieva (a small monastery)
14. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of Strelna and its Historical Centre
15. Palace and Park Ensemble "Mikhailovka"
16. Palace and Park Ensemble "Znamenka"
17. Palace and Park Ensemble of the Town of Petrodvorets and its Historical Centre
18. Palace and Park Ensemble "Sobstvennaya Datcha"
19. Palace and Park Ensemble "Sergeevka"
20. Palace and Park Ensembles of the Town of Lomonosov and its Historical Centre
21. Pavlovo-Koltushi
22. Zinoviev's Estate
23. Shuvalov's Estate
24. Viazemsky's Estate
25. Sestroretsky Razliv
26. I. Repin Estate "The Penates"
27. Cemetery of the Village of Komarovo
28. Lindulovskaya Rotcsha
29. River Neva with Banks and Embankments
30. Izhorsky Bench (Glint)
31. Dudergofskie Elevations
32. Koltushskaya Elevation
33. Yukkovskaya Elevation
34. The Roads
    • Muskovskoe Highway
    • Kievskoe Highway
    • Railway Leningrad-Pavlovsk
    • the Highway Pushkin-Gatchina
    • Volkhovskoe Highway
    • Tallinskoe Highway
    • Peterhofskoe Highway
    • Ropshinskoe Highway
    • Gostilitskoe Highway
    • Primorskoe Highway
    • Vyborgskoe Highway
    • Koltushskoe Highway
    • Ligovsky Canal
35. The Fairways
    • the Maritime Channel
    • Petrovsky
    • Kronstadsky
    • Zelenogorsky
    • The Green Belt of Glory
    • the Blockade Ring
    • the Road of Life
    • Oranienbaumsky Spring-Board

World Heritage Sites in Russia

Central Sikhote-Alin | Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Monuments | Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye | Curonian Spit (w/ Lithuania) | Ferapontov Monastery | Golden Mountains of Altai | Kazan Kremlin | Kizhi Pogost | Lake Baikal | Monuments of Derbent | Monuments of Novgorod | Moscow Kremlin and Red Square | Novodevichy Convent | Solovetsky Islands Ensemble | Struve Geodetic Arc (w/ nine other countries) | Trinity-Sergius Lavra | Uvs Nuur Basin (w/ Mongolia) | Virgin Komi Forests | Volcanoes of Kamchatka | Western Caucasus | White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal | Wrangel Island | Yaroslavl