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| Main Gate looking out to Palace Square |
A
visit to St. Petersburg would not be complete without seeing the
Hermitage Museum which is housed in the Winter Palace. Along with
Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan in New York City and the British
Museum in London, the Hermitage ranks as one of the the top four
museums in the world. According to Forbes Magazine it ranks as #4:
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interior garden -
Hermitage entrance in background |
#4
State Hermitage, Russia
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| State Hermitage Museum |
Stretching
over 700,000 square feet, The State Hermitage museum, located in St.
Petersburg, is one of the largest museums in the world, second only
to the Louvre in sheer size. Boasting around 4.1 million visitors, it
is not only the main tourist attraction in St. Petersburg, but also
the 8th most visited museum in the world. Established in 1764, the
museum houses over three million pieces making it the largest display
of paintings in the world. The museum exhibits pieces from world
famous artists such as Picasso, Da Vinci and Rembrandt. - Forbes
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| the Grand Staircase |
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interior of the Hermitage—the Winter Palace—is a museum in and of
itself apart from all the art objects housed within it. With over
700,000 sq.ft. It is a considerable challenge to wander about in and
make sense of. Like any museum of its size, a dedicated museum goer
could spend countless days and still not be able to absorb its
contents. In a visit of only a day one has to be realistically selective about what he can see. Here, then, are just a few photos of
some of the things that caught my attention—of the palace itself
and some of the art objects in it.
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ROOMS
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| portrait gallery |
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| Queen's Consort apartment |
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| Romanov Family Chapel |
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| Throne Room |
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| mosaic floor in Queen's Consort apartment |
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COLLECTION
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Clothing
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Tsar Peter the Great
Full Dress Uniforms |
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Fancy Dress - owned by
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna |
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Artifacts
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| urn - for wine |
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| clock |
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| armored cavalrymen |
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| marble sculpture - Boy and Dolphin |
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Paintings
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Nude Woman
Leonardo da Vinci school |
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"Ecce Homo" -
Christ Crowned with Thorns
Pieter Paul Rubens |
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The Virgin Embracing the Dead Christ
Gerard David |
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Kermess
Pieter Brueghel |
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The Garden of Earthly Delights
copy of Hieronymous Bosch |
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| Fish Market |
A
visit to St. Petersburg would not be complete without seeing the
Hermitage Museum which is housed in the Winter Palace. Along with
Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan in New York City and the British
Museum in London, the Hermitage ranks as one of the the top four
museums in the world. According to Forbes Magazine it ranks as #4:
2 comments:
Oh, Joe, that was exquisite. My heart is pounding. I HOPE, REALLY HOPE, one day, to see this fabulous place
Aha, then your equipment is working now? Yes, St. Petersburg has something for everyone. Since you like both art and ballet, I think you would really (to use an obsolete expression) dig St. Pete. Thanks for commenting directly on the blog.
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