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Showing posts with label Neva River. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neva River. Show all posts

Monday, June 15, 2009

Still in Russia: St. Petersburg

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We are now in St. Petersburg, on the Northwest of Russia. It was cold in July, 70 to 50 F.


The metro station.




L'Hermitage, home of the czars.
Here are some pictures taken inside the Hermitage.













The Church of the Resurection, also called Church of the Spilled Blood: Czar Alexander was assassinated here. This church looks like St. Basil from the outside but inside, it's one big church.






St. Isaac Church: notice the green columns in malachite.

This church contains twelve columns in malachite or blue lapis lazuli and the highest coupola I have ever seen. .











Rostral Pillar and Naval Academy--- Academy of Science on the Neva River












The canal leading to Peterhoff Palace and its magnificent Hercule Fountain.













St. Peter and Paul Fortress where the last czar and his family were massacrated.

the Church and the Gate


The imperial family's tombs inside the church.









A view of the fortress from the ferry that took us across the Neva River to the St. Peter and Paul Fortress.




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