Sunday, May 29, 2016

Saint Petersburg - 28 May - 30 May

River cruise

Formerly the old residence of Pushkin, now Pushkin Inn Hotel

Au Pont Rouge Department Store, after the Krasny most (Red Bridge) 


Summer Palace of Peter the Great


The Mikhailovsky (St. Michael's) Castle

 The Chizhik Pyzhik, one of the world's smallest monuments, was installed in 1994 on the Fontanka Embankment.






Neva River









The Peter and Paul Fortress














Church on Spilled Blood, the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ












Saint Isaac's Cathedral





Saint Isaac's Cathedral
Equestrian statue - monument to Nicholas I

Peterhof Gardens





Chess or Dragon Hill Cascade







Oranzhereiny fountain depicting a triton grappling with the jaws of sea monster







Grand Casade in Peterhof






Menager Fountain


Famous Ensemble of Fountains, overlooking the Baltic Sea





Cat standees

Courtyard






















Peacock clock

































State Hermitage

Mariinsky Theatre

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