Wednesday, September 7, 2011

State Hermitage Museum...St Petersburg

These are photos mostly of the state rooms in the Winter Palace
(one of several adjoining buildings that make up the State
Hermitage Museum). The first five photos are of the incredible
Jordan Staircase. The amount of gold used to decorate the rooms
was amazing.










A view of the St Peter and Paul Fortress from the Winter Palace




The Malachite Room


The opposite end of the Malachite Room








Portrait of Nicholas II the last Tsar of Russia


The Small Throne Room with a portrait of Peter the Great above the Throne


Looking out the window into one of the inner courtyards of the Winter Palace










St George's Hall or the Large Throne Room












3 comments:

  1. Impossibly beautiful!

    Nice job on the pics!

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  2. Thanks so much Gail...it's a truly beautiful place...

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  3. I agree with Gail...I'm at a loss for words....

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