Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood III

View of the canopy. All the walls and the ceiling are covered with precious mosaics.

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September 17th 2019
A birthday and Christmas present to my mum had been a trip to St Petersburg, and in September 2019 we finally went there. Since I did not want to fly my mum by herself, I had caught a train from Dortmund (where I live) to Stuttgart (where she lives) a few days prior to our trip, and then we flew from Stuttgart together. The flight was a convenient afternoon flight via Riga. We had dinner on the pl ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest » Saint Petersburg

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

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