Close up detail of a mosaic picture of the Christ child on the Cathedral in St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg
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Church of the Sacred Blood, in St. Petersburg is a few hundred years newer and in some ways more beautiful than St. Basil's in Moscow. The exterior is completely covered with ornate mosaics tiles telling the stories of Christianity. |
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Close up detail of a mosaic picture of the Christ child on the Cathedral in St. Petersburg. |
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This former Winter Palace of the Tsar's became The Hermitage under Cathrine the Great. The Palace on the opening page (click back button) shows the Summer Palace she built. |
| Summer Palace built by Peter the Great, about 25 miles outside of St. Petersburg, right in the Gulf of Finland, which goes out to the North Sea & then connects to the Atlantic Ocean. We rode a powerful hydrofoil across the Gulf of Finland, up the Neva River & back to the dock in front of the Hermitage. |
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This is the Square at the Winter Palace where in 1905 many demonstrators where killed for protesting the policies of the Tsar. The buildings across the square housed the General Staff (Military Headquarters) in the time of the Tsar. |
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