sights of the Hermitage

Day #12: St Petersburg

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April 13th 2013
Preparing for a day at the Hermitage is like preparing for expedition. Large breakfast, comfortable shoes, map in hand and mentally ready for a long day of absorbing information. With sensible pacing we managed 6 hours and covered about 3/4 of the whole, which we were pretty pleased with, though some parts we did little more than glance through, others we spent much longer in. It is a palace, m ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more