12th November 2014: St Petersburg

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November 14th 2014

Published: November 19th 2014

Another 9am start, breakfast at Zoom Zoom, and we made our way to the underground railway. I've never travelled so deep on an escalator, the ride taking a good 5 minutes. Apparently these subways are designed to double as nuclear shelters in case of an attack. Our destination was the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, the most revered Greek Orthodox Church in Russia. As you enter you pass the cemetery w... Read Full Entry

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Smolnyy Institute

The home of the first Soviet Government and where Lenin directed the Bolshevik coup d'état and it remained his place of government until 1918. It is now the Mayor's Office.

Smolneyy Cathedral and adjoining Convent

Tsarina Elizabeth founded the Convent so young noblewomen could be educated.

Smolneyy Cathedral

Smolneyy Convent

Set up for young noble women's education, many years later it is the school for international language studies and a young Tim Sherry attended.

A promotion for a free drink on check in to this hotel.

An original style subway station.

They are works of art underground as well but photography is possibly frowned on.

The Hermatige.

View across the Neva.

The Hermitage, and the Admiralty, on the right.

Rostral Columns

Were designed in 1810 to be used as lighthouses and operated with oil lights. They are decorated with the bows of ships to represent naval victories which is a very Roman style. They still operate on gas and are lit for ceremonial occasions these days.

Armenian Restaurant

That's a very bad hand in a scrabble game!

Armenian Restaurant

Very warm and the best food I ate in St Petersburg. Traditional Armenian.

The Au Rouge Pont

By the Red Bridge. No reason except it looked stunning.

The Canal by the restaurant .

19th November 2014

alferov
Alexander Alferov

It must be remembered that St. Petersburg lies on the banks of Neva River, closely to the Bay of Finland, and on many islands. That means there is water everywhere, so the stations are deep not because of the atom, but because of geological features. Thanks!)

19th November 2014

sherrys
Camino0914

Thanks !
Thanks for the correction. I did read somewhere that St Petersburg was on a wetland and has so many canals, partly to keep the water flowing to the Neva. Google is only as good as the info inserted, thanks again.

20th November 2014

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Italy
Very nice

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