The Marble Palace (5, Millionaya Ulitsa) is a vivid memorial to architecture of the early classical period. It was built in 1768-1785 from a design by Antonio Rinaldi. The statue of Alexandre III by Paolo Trubetskoy Various types of marble and granite were widely used for details of the facade and decoration of the interior.

The cape of Vasilievsky Island is called “a spit” (arrow) because of its shape (it sticks out into the Neva River in the shape of a spit and divides it into two estuaries. The spot ranks as one of the most prominent architectural sights in Saint-Petersburg. The most beautiful panoramic view of Saint-Petersburg! The architecture