16/02/2022
The monument to Peter the Great, founder of Saint Petersburg called the Bronze Horseman is one of the most recognizable landmarks of St.Petersburg.
The monument was built by the order of the Empress Catherine the Great as a tribute to her famous predecessor on the Russian throne. This equestrian statue of Peter the Great, created by the famous French sculptor Etienne Maurice Falconet, depicts the most prominent reformer of the Russia state as a Roman hero.
Taking pictures in front of this monument is a long-standing local tradition, especially on school or college graduation day or a wedding day.