Address: 26 А, the embankment of the canal Griboedova, metro station - Admiraltejskaya
Time of working: 10:30-18:00, closed on Wednesday;
Colonnade of St. Isaac's Cathedral - 10:30-18:00; from 1 May to 31 October - daily; from 1 November to 30 April – closed on the third Wednesday of the month; Colonnade in the evening – 18:00-22:30 from 1 May to 31 October; Colonnade in the period of "white nights" – 22:30-04:30 from 1 June to 20 August, closed Wednesday.
Interiors of St. Isaac's Cathedral is striking in its beauty and abundance of decorations. St. Isaac's Cathedral represents a sample of late classicism, at the same time in its architecture there are also lines of other styles. Walls of the building are revetted with light gray marble, got in the Ruskealsky pit (Karelia). The impressive size of the temple makes impression even on skilled tourists. Height makes him more than hundred meters, width – about 95. 112 columns from granite decorate a cathedral. The internal furniture was worked by many outstanding artists and sculptors of the 19th century. Among them – Bryullov, Clodt, Bruni, Vitaly. During visit of St. Isaac's Cathedral it is worth rising by a colonnade surely. There is no elevator for ordinary visitors, only for disabled people. On the way to the purpose it is necessary to overcome several hundreds of steps but the magnificent view to St. Petersburg opening from an observation deck of the temple is worth it.
St. Isaac’s Cathedral
