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The Peacock ClockThe Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
On the second day of our tour of St Petersburg we visited the Hermitage Museum, which was founded in 1764 and has over 3 million items but only a small portion are on display. and is the second largest museum in the world and has the largest collection of paintings in the world. Quite impressive!
The Peacock Clock was made by an Englishman for Catherine the Great. It is a working clock but only once a week so unfortunately we didn't see it moving, but it was still an amazing clock and very beautiful. |
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| The Crouching Boy |
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| The Crouching Boy |
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The Three GracesThe Three Graces by Antonio Canova was another beautiful sculpture in marble of the daughters of Zeus. |
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The Hermitage MuseumThe Hermitage Winter Palace was built for Empress Elisabeth, daughter of Peter the Great. |
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The Church of the Saviour on Spilled BloodChurch of the Saviour on Spilled Blood
Another beautiful church and one that is recognised by its colourful "onion domes". It was actually built on the site of the assassination of Alexander II in 1881.
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| Mosaic interior |
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| Beautiful mosaics |
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| The exterior in the rain |
Lunch at the Golden Line Restaurant, St Petersburg
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| Lunch at the Golden Line |
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| The Golden Line |
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| St Petersburg |
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| St Petersburg |
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| Entrance to the Golden Line Restaurant |
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| Raining in St Petersburg |
Peter and Paul Fortress and Cathedral
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| Peter and Paul Fortress and Cathedral |
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| Interior of Peter and Paul Cathedral |
Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia was buried in the Cathedral.
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| Interior of the Peter and Paul Cathedral |
This fortress was established by Peter the Great in 1703 and rebuilt in stone between 1706 and 1740.
The Cathedral was closed in 1919and turned into a Museum in 1924 and is still officially a Museum although religious services resumed in 2000.
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