December 30, 2019

Sights of St. Petersburg

Rusia Post released a souvenir sheet on the Sights of St. Petersburg featuring the multi functional complex "Lakhta Center" and the stadium "Gazprom Arena" on 22nd November 2019.

Lakhta Center is an ultramodern social and business complex, the key object of which is the headquarters of the state concern Gazprom. It is located in Lakhta, the historical part of the Primorsky district of St. Petersburg. The complex with a height of 462 m became the highest skyscraper in Europe. The total area of the premises is 400 thousand m². About a third of the space is reserved for conceptual public spaces,  an open amphitheater, a pedestrian promenade, a viewing platform, a transformer concert hall, a children's research and educational center with a planetarium, panoramic restaurants and galleries.

The stadium "Gazprom Arena" is located on Krestovsky Island, is one of the largest football stadiums in the world. As planned by the architect, his appearance resembles a spaceship that landed on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. The height of the seven-story building is 56.6 meters. This is the only building in Russia equipped with a sliding roof and a roll-out field. The capacity of the stadium is 68,000 seats.

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