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No other viewpoint of the historic centre beats the one from the stunning gold
dome of St Isaac's Cathedral, which rises majestically over the uniformly sized
Italianate palaces and mansions around the Admiralty. Well worth the climb up the
262 steps, a panorama of the city opens up to you - with fantastic views over the
river, the Winter Palace and the
Bronze Horseman
. The cathedral's interior is also
well worth seeing, with a wonderfully over-the-top iconostasis framed by columns of
marble, malachite and lazurite.
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