St
Petersburg(2018)
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Touring the city by bus and on foot Remarkable churches and buildings  |
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This was our one rainy day,
but a little drizzle didn't matter |
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Our
next stop will be the Peter and Paul Fortress - the first structure
to be built in St Petersburg and the "birthplace
of the city
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Aerial
view of the complex |
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Because of the need for rock, the Czar decreed
that anyone traveling to the city bring a rock with them. That accounts for the various colors, sizes and shapes in the courtyard |
The Treasury Courtyard |
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Cathedral of St Peter and Paul |
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Tombs of the Czars, including Peter the Great |
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Empress Maria Feodorovna Mother of Nicholas II the last Czar of Russia A native of Denmark, she was out of the country when the 1917 revolution occurred She died in 1928 but was reinterred in this cathedral in 2010 |
The
famous Artillery Museum of St Petersburg We will visit this on another trip |
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