Oh, wonderful St. Petersburg! A city of extraordinary beauty, surrounded by mysterious stories, is relatively young, but the past of North Palmyra is full of mysticism. The city of Peter the Great, which contains a lot of mysteries, is built at the junction of reality and ancient legends.
Pierced by the winds, St. Petersburg has an amazingly powerful energy: some city visitors fall in love with it unconditionally and even stay here forever, while others experience incomprehensible discomfort, wanting to leave as soon as possible. Much has been written about the special atmosphere of the cradle of the three revolutions, and, as the indigenous people say, any front door can lead to a parallel world.
No one can say that he has seen all the sights of Northern Venice, because it is simply impossible. Recently, excursions around its mysterious corners have begun to be organized, and in our article we will take a virtual walk through the magically attractive city built on the swamps and consider the main mystical places of St. Petersburg.
Mikhailovsky Castle: predicted death
It is not in vain that Mikhailovsky Castle on Sadovaya Street is considered one of the most mysterious buildings. Masonic symbolism left by the architect V. Bazhenov and the tragic death of Paul I excite the minds of researchers, and ordinary people admit that they see a ghost at night that has not found a refuge.
The castle, which was built for 12 years, resembled a fortress. The emperor was afraid for his life and ordered to build a moat with water, and to get inside it was possible only through one suspension bridge, carefully guarded. According to ancient legends, Pavel’s death was predicted from nowhere by a woman who recognized Ksenia of Petersburg. 40 days after moving to the castle, the emperor was killed, and the ghost of the unfortunate man with a candle in his hands appears every night.
Sphinxes with ancient spells
University embankment with mysterious sphinxes brought from Egypt - these are the same mystical places in St. Petersburg, where all tourists should visit. A huge number of visitors to the Northern capital come here, but few people know that many myths are associated with the most ancient inhabitants of the city.
Pharaoh Amenhotep, who was interested in black magic, conducted religious rites using the bodies of the dead and terrible conspiracies. On the pedestals of stone sphinxes located in Thebes, he inscribed witchcraft spells. And it was these sculptures, which are more than three thousand years old, that were brought to the city in 1833, although, according to popular beliefs, they should not be disturbed.
Powerful creatures
Sphinxes with strong magical powers with the face of the pharaoh attract all the Neva drowned to themselves, and newlyweds playing weddings never come to mystical creatures so as not to risk their future family life. Although there are those who are firmly convinced that those who saw a lot of statues fulfill their wishes and protect the city from floods.
It is secretly forbidden to touch the majestic sphinxes so as not to disturb their peace. And the indigenous inhabitants of the city on the Neva admit that the facial expressions of mythical creatures are not the same throughout the day: in the dark, habitual serenity is replaced by sharp aggression. Or is the play of light to blame?
Foundry Bridge with Bad Glory
Speaking about the mystical places of St. Petersburg, one cannot but mention the Liteiny Bridge, which claimed many lives. They say that once tribes lived on the banks of the Neva , bringing ritual sacrifices on a huge boulder. The blood-washed stone came to life and with all the gluttony demanded new murders. All neighboring tribes were exterminated, but the boulder still thirsted for blood. Then the women turned to the Neva with a plea to take this monster to themselves. The mighty river heard desperate requests, and after a terrible storm began, the stone disappeared.
According to local residents, a blood-stained boulder rests here, because among more than 300 bridges in St. Petersburg, notoriety goes only about this place. And the researchers found documentary evidence that the construction workers discovered a huge stone that interfered with the construction.
More than 50 people died during the work, but not a single body was found, which gave rise to rumors about a werewolf bridge that leads people to other worlds. After its opening, the building leads in all criminal reports on the number of murders and suicides. And scientists believe that in the area of the bridge there is an abnormal zone that causes temporary shifts in space.
Griffins and their refuge
A beautiful legend about griffins flying around the city at night to protect residents sleeping peacefully comes to life in a tower located in one of the courtyards of Vasilyevsky Island, on which the most mystical places of St. Petersburg are located. Photos of buildings are often considered by those who dream of solving a mysterious code, painted on red stones. Having deciphered it, you can gain immortality and learn all the secrets that humanity holds.
The high tower has no windows and doors, and each brick is numbered, and local residents admit that they often discover how familiar numbers disappear and reappear.
Happiness formula
Before the revolution, there was a pharmacy of the famous V. Pel, fascinated by alchemy. Day after day he derived the formula of happiness and succeeded in this. Concerned to protect his treasure from prying eyes, Wilhelm created magical miracle birds - a hybrid of an eagle and a lion. To this day, invisible griffins flock to the tower, and at night their screams are even heard.
People often come to a brick building, the walls of which contain the secret of happiness, to ask for help in difficult times. Here you can make a secret desire, and, as a rule, it comes true. There is an opinion that the fate of everyone who comes to a quiet courtyard is radically changing for the better.
Negative Energy Bypass Channel
When you recall the most terrible places in Russia, the Obvodny Canal comes to mind , which was still called by I. Brodsky “a complete other world”. In the 20s of the last century, repair work began, which brought terrible finds: human bones and a strange altar, dotted with obscure symbols, which no one could decipher, were found in stone slabs.
They immediately started talking about an old tradition telling about a pagan sorcerer and his curse imposed on this place. The bypass channel, which absorbed bad energy, attracts suicides, although scientists believe that pesticides dumped into the water influence their psyche.
Rotunda in the porch
The most mystical places of St. Petersburg cause real horror, and one of the corners where the otherworldly force lives is the St. Petersburg Rotonda on Gorokhovaya Street, hiding in the usual entrance. The visitors can see six columns arranged in a circle, crowned with a dome, which is securely hidden under the attic. Two spiral old staircases lead to a small nook that ends in a dead end.
The front door is covered with various symbols left by the Freemasons who had gathered here before the revolution, because, according to an unofficial version, meetings of members of a secret organization were organized in the house.
Portal to another dimension
Thirty - forty years ago, informal youth hanging out at the porch, adoring the mystical places of St. Petersburg. She also came up with the name of the cult building - "Center of the Universe." There is another legend that there are five such rotundas in St. Petersburg, and they form a five-pointed star - the pentacle - the symbol of the Satanists, however, no one knows where other buildings are.
And researchers of paranormal phenomena express the opinion that the Rotunda space actually opens the door to the other world.
Mystic Russia: Peter and Paul Fortress
Scientists do not hide the fact that many houses in the city were built in anomalous zones. True, this is not so bad, and about 10 percent are in "dead" places. Previously, they even hung up raw meat where they were going to erect buildings, and if it decayed, then the construction was postponed.
The famous astrologer P. Globa believes that the Peter and Paul Fortress is a terrible corner of St. Petersburg that arose on the site of an ancient pagan sanctuary in which human sacrifices were made.
It is known that Peter I, who loves mysticism, considered eagles to be messengers of the other world and always fed them. Seeing that they were making circles over one place, he immediately ordered the construction of the fortress. Initially, it was considered a military target, but later became the center around which a whole city arose.
Haunted place
The architectural ensemble with a complex of buildings of amazing beauty is of great interest to guests of the city. Remembering all the mystical places of St. Petersburg, one cannot but pay attention to the Peter and Paul Fortress, which is one of the ten most mysterious corners of it.
It often sees the ghosts of the tragically dead Princess Tarakanova and Peter the Great himself. A woman cries, praying for help, and the founder of the city quickly walks through the territory. There are even cases where the king’s ghost was captured in photographs.
Five hanged Decembrists, who did not find shelter between the worlds, go out at night. White silhouettes can frighten an audience unprepared for mysticism, but so far the local ghosts have done nothing wrong with this.
In Soviet times, they thought it was hooligans having fun, and even ambushed them.
Mystical places of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region
Maloohtinsky cemetery, which is a haven for sorcerers and suicides, continues the theme of the so-called dead corners of the city and its environs. The Orthodox Church forbade the betrayal of sinners to the holy land, and they were all taken to an infamous place.
Visitors to the gloomy cemetery talk about the unexpectedly appearing milky-white fog enveloping the territory, and the strong smell of incense in the air. And the strange greenish glow slowly moving from one place to another brings real horror. At nights, moans and screams are heard, as well as an incomprehensible rattle, as if the dead were getting out of their graves.
A small correspondence tour of the mystical places of St. Petersburg came to an end. Those who are not afraid of scary stories can get to know the mysterious corners on their own, feeling the special atmosphere and amazing aura.
It is worth a visit to confirm or refute ancient legends, and the beautiful city of white nights will share its secrets by opening the door to a fairy tale.