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Saint Peterdburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. It was the imperial capital for 2 centuries, having been founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, the subject of the city's iconic "Bronze Horseman" statue. Sweden's first fortress, Landskrona, was erected at the mouth of the Ojita River in 1299. In 1703 the Russians conquered Nyen and fifteen days later, Tsar Peter I officially founded, downstream of the Neva River, in the delta, The city of Saint Petersburg. Saint Petersburg is today the second largest city in the Russian Federation and one of the largest in Europe. The city center and other monuments in its surroundings have been considered a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1990. Saint Petersburg is also the seat of the Contitutional Court of Russia.