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