Besson. The miners.

First Hermitage Day

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August 18th 2016
Today was the first Hermitage day for us With our two day online Hermitage tickets. the Hermitage is like an unfathomable labyrinth of treasures of art. The more you see the more there is to see. Every turning gives new choices of which room to turn to next. Luckily, as we both wanted to see the Impressionists rooms first we spotted a sign saying that they were in the Admiralty building across the ... 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